Internal Obliques (IOs) are the next layer up, and they run diagonally on the sides. This fascial layer has the ability to glide separately from your rectus (6 pack muscle), which I think is pretty cool it means that for good or bad, our abdominal muscles can work more independently from each other than one might think. They connect into a sheet of fascia in the front that goes under your rectus muscle. Transverse Abdominals (TAs or TVAs) are the deepest layer of abdominal muscles. Let's start deep and work our way to the surface. To understand abdominal exercises and pick the right approach for you, it's important to understand the physiology of abdominal muscles. The human body is truly incredible! Abdominal Muscle Anatomy
Our goal as we dive into this topic is to look at how we can create an amazingly strong and supportive core that doesn’t dome, bulge, create excessive pressure or contribute to pain. Why waste your time trying to be fit if you can't enjoy it by feeling great in the process?! More neck tightness and back pain does not equal life happiness! (Constantly restricted eating trying to reach an unreasonable fat loss goal doesn’t often equal life happiness either, but that’s a topic for another article.) I've seen enough patients who have “met aesthetic goals" but are in pain that I think it's a topic worth talking about, because their neck, back, and pelvis pain are being caused by their abdominals or their approach to strengthening them. Flat abs are an aesthetic sign that you've been hitting the gym and watching what you eat (probably more on the eating side), but as a physical therapist, I'd like to dive deeper into this topic than aesthetics.
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