Abdominal Muscles: Basic Info To Be Aware Of
Written on November 28, 2009 – 2:08 pm | by admin
Somewhere under that extra skin and fat stored around your middle is a group of four muscles called the abdominal muscles. The abdominal muscles include:
• the rectus abdominus, which runs up and down the anterior (front) surface of the trunk from the middle of the rib cage (fifth and sixth ribs near the sternum), between the rib cage and the pelvis
• the transverse abdominus, the deepest abdominal muscle, which starts at the middle of the rib cage (fifth and sixth ribs) and runs horizontally around the torso from the middle of the ribs to the pelvis
• the external oblique, which runs diagonally from your ribs lo your hips (imagine fibers running diagonally into the front pockets of your slacks)
• the internal oblique, which runs along the front and sides of your torso (imagine fibers running diagonally into your back pockets). Think o
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