External Obliques Muscle
Although countless workouts and exercises promise to get you the flat abs and stomach that you’ve constantly wanted, several of them are ineffective and insufficient. Here we will be discussing one of your major core abdominal muscles the External Obliques.
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The external obliques are an abdominal muscle which is right above your internal obliques, more specifically lateral and anterior of your abdomen. The external obliques originate from your external surface of your 4-12 ribs (there is some controversy over this and sometimes it is your 5th rib) and insert on your anterior iliac crest of your pelvis, linea alba, and contralateral of your rectus sheaths.
During more isolated abdominal core workouts and exercises, your external oblique’s isolated function is to concentrically accelerate spinal flexion, lateral flexion, and contralateral rotation. During more integrated movements your external obliques main function is to eccentrically decelerate spinal extension, lateral flexion, and rotation, as well as isometrically stabilize the lumbo pelvic hip complex.
Your external obliques is a group of abdominal muscleswhich is positioned on both sides of your rectus abdominis muscle. The muscle fibers of your external obliques actually run diagonally inward and downward from your lower ribs to your pelvis. This is also known as the “V” muscle that a lot of women refer to.
Remember, some of the more common movements the external obliques are involved in include:
- Flexion of the spine
- Rotation of the torso
- Sideways bending
- Compression of the abdomen
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