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Is there any way to select the core "pelvic floor" muscles (or whatever their technical name is)? Beyond anything to do with incontinence, my understanding is

by femto 6y ago

Is there any way to select the core "pelvic floor" muscles (or whatever their technical name is)? Beyond anything to do with incontinence, my understanding is that they are intimately involved with back pain and are one of the most important muscle groups to strengthen, as flexing them (or not) influences the position of most other parts of the body. (When people say "walk tall", what they really mean is "turn your pelvic floor muscles on".) Maybe it's just assumed that you must use your pelvic floor / core to do any exercise with good form?

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w0ts0n 6y ago
Not specifically for pelvic floor. However, I think you work the pelvic floor with most glute based exercises. Things like glute bridge, hip thrusts and of course deadlifts.
BoumTAC 6y ago
Look up for hollow body hold, there are a lot of variation depending of your level.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Yeah if there was one major improvement to that page I would suggest, it would be to add smaller muscles; you mentioned pelvic floor, I've heard about things like the rotator cuff (big source of injury!), etc etc. Mind you, that's probably entering into the realm of physical therapy as opposed to fitness / weight lifting.
rdn 6y ago
By definition, "good form" would include pelvic floor and core activation for squats and deadlifts. However, you can get pretty far with those lifts without efficiently activating those muscles. Physical therapy or Pilates type exercises can be necessary to develop the ability to activate them properly, but these kinds of exercises aren't usually included in this kind of database, and can be much more particular about technique, or be part of a sequence or group of complementary exercises.
dogman144 6y ago
Low bar squats allegedly do wonders. I believe there's a lot of dialogue in fitness circles from the perspective of postpartum muscle rehab already.

by femto 6y ago

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w0ts0n 6y ago

Not specifically for pelvic floor. However, I think you work the pelvic floor with most glute based exercises. Things like glute bridge, hip thrusts and of course deadlifts.

BoumTAC 6y ago

Look up for hollow body hold, there are a lot of variation depending of your level.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

Yeah if there was one major improvement to that page I would suggest, it would be to add smaller muscles; you mentioned pelvic floor, I've heard about things like the rotator cuff (big source of injury!), etc etc. Mind you, that's probably entering into the realm of physical therapy as opposed to fitness / weight lifting.

rdn 6y ago

By definition, "good form" would include pelvic floor and core activation for squats and deadlifts. However, you can get pretty far with those lifts without efficiently activating those muscles. Physical therapy or Pilates type exercises can be necessary to develop the ability to activate them properly, but these kinds of exercises aren't usually included in this kind of database, and can be much more particular about technique, or be part of a sequence or group of complementary exercises.

dogman144 6y ago

Low bar squats allegedly do wonders. I believe there's a lot of dialogue in fitness circles from the perspective of postpartum muscle rehab already.