A modern approach to abdominal training__Part Putting it together

摘要

Training the abdominal wall is one of the most popular exercise goals in health maintainance and rehabilitation. Our understanding of how best to activate the abdominal musculature for fitness promotion, performance enhancement, injury prevention, or rehabilitation is evolving rapidly. The intention of this three part series is to provide an update on the current state of knowledge in this area. Part -one of this series summarized the importance of motor control in modern abdominal training. Abdominal training myths involving voluntary exercise training in general and sit-ups in particular were discussed. The importance of muscle co-activation patterns as a means to stabilize the spine and the evidence of effectiveness for spine stability abdominal training programs has been reviewed.