Reverse planks target the back of your body (also known as your posterior chain), working muscles like your hamstrings, ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD The transversus abdominis (TA) muscle is the deepest of the abdominal muscles.

I had abandoned my transverse abdominis (TA or TVA). Unlike the rectus abdominis (those six-pack abs we typically think of in the core), the TA muscles support the spine and the way we hold our ...

Located directly behind your rectus abdominis (i.e., “abs”), the transversus abdominis wraps horizontally around your lower abdomen like a girdle or weight belt, hugging your internal organs ...

Diastasis recti is the separation of the rectus abdominis muscles, commonly known as the "six-pack" muscles, along the midline of your stomach.

All that hammering for the washboard core is hurled against the rectus abdominis, a muscle that runs from the ribcage to the pelvis. Physical fitness is the ability to perform tasks with ease, ...

Rectus abdominis: superficial muscles that run down the front of the stomach and form the six-pack, aiding bending or front flexion; Transversus abdominis: ...

Background During antenatal period, many woman experience an increase of inter-rectus muscle distance (IRD) due to a weakening of the linea alba, considering a widening of >2 cm pathological.