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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

WHAT ARE YOUR CORE MUSCLES

The term "core muscles" is widely used, but many times not completely understood.  The "core muscles" make a strong connection between your upper body and lower body.  They make your body more resilient to the external forces that are applied to your body every day.  I will discuss these muscles in detail in the next few days.

The "core muscles" are stomach including transverse abdominals, obliques, and rectus abdominus.  The erector spinae in your back.  The ilio-psoas (also know as your hip flexors).  The gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus  which are your butt muscles.  And to a small degree, your hamstrings can also be considered core muscles.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought your core was just your abdominal muscles. Interesting to find out that it includes more.

Anonymous said...

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