Re: cross training

Clyde wrote:
> Mr. T <ted.pederson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Crunches, sit ups, incline are all just too upper ab specific. They
> > don't get the lower ab
>
> No such thing as upper and lower abs.

>>From the first Google hit I got (maybe bunk, it is called "smokin abs"
after all http://www.betterbodz.com/smokinabs.html):

'I heard "lower" ab work is useless since the "lower" abs don't really
exist?

There is a huge debate in fitness as to whether "lower" abs exist. The
debate is idiotic; "lower" abs definately exist. In fact, aside from
obvious functional differences between upper and lower abs, the ab
muscles below the navel are stimulated by a completely different set of
those originating from the region of the first lumbar vertebra. If the
evidence is good enough for neurologists and kinesthislogists, then it
is good enough for us.'

And....

' What are the abdominal muscles?

The midsection of your body includes the rectus abdominous,
serratus, internal and external obliques, psoas, linea alba, linea
similunaris, linea transversae, transversalis and intercustals.

The largest most apparent abdominal muscle group is the rectus
abdominous. The rectus abdominous is a huge, flat muscle covering
almost the entire front of your "stomach" area between the lower
ribcage and your hips.

A second main set of muscles which comprise the "abs" are located
at the sides of your waist. These muscles are referred to as the
external obliques however they really consist of three separate muscle
groups, the internal obliques, traverse obliques and the external
obliques.
A final set of muscles which compose the "abs" are the incostals.
The intercostals run diagonally down the sides of the upper end of your
midsection right below the ribcage. These are normally the last muscles
to appear to the naked eye, only visable in people who have taken the
time to develop them properly.'

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Relevant Pages

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