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For many, a flat stomach is an aesthetic need: the desire to have abdominal turtle, perhaps to show off at the beach, it is often the main argument for exercise.
But the fundamental role of the abdominal muscles is, first of all, related to health: their function is to act as a natural and anatomical belt fixing the pelvis, stabilizes posture and supports the viscera.
These muscles also play an essential action in ensuring the link between the torso and the legs are involved in the bending and rotation of the spine. The transverse muscle allows us also to exhale deeply.
It has abdominal relaxed and out of practice, then, has serious consequences for the spine and can cause low back pain, sciatica and herniated disc.
Weak abdominal muscles, as well as back pain, may be due to poor breathing out making it harder to remove the carbonic gas content in the lungs. This results in our bodies an excess of C02, which can cause headaches and fatigue.
In short, to have sculpted abs is not just to have a more attractive appearance, it means above all to have a body healthy and functioning properly. For this, it is essential to get to know our abdominal, know how to evaluate their status and run for cover if they are untrained.
Learn how to spot
Located between the rib cage and the pelvis, abs form the front and side of the abdomen and consist of four large muscles.
The rectus abdominis
And one of the muscles that form the anterior abdominal wall. Part from the ribs and extends up to the pubis, its function is to help your torso to bend. And you who can form the famous and coveted “turtle”.
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The oblique abdominal
Are two: the internal oblique muscle and the external oblique muscle.
They help to make the twists of the torso. It is often said that we need to work these muscles to have a thin waist, but it is not true! Read the next paragraph, and see why!
The transverse
Start from the back of the trunk, where it attaches to all the vertebrae, and horizontally covering the whole of the abdomen.
When you works makes no movement, it contracts simply on itself without disturbing other muscles. It is that we need to work to have a slim waist!
Test evaluation of the strength of the abdominal
Given that there are so many tests on abdominal, melarossa has chosen for you this simple repetitions of tests to assess the condition of your major muscle rectum. You need a mat and a stopwatch.
Important recommendations before running the tests:
1) Do not cross your hands behind your head because it is wrong and risks of too much stress your neck.
2) Never lock your breath. Your abs are not made in apnea! Know that good breathing will help you to perform the exercise more effectively: exhale gently with your mouth on the rise and inspires during the downturn.
