When it comes to squatting, some fitness professionals will not feel strange. Squatting is a very common exercise. When we go to the gym, we often see many people practicing squatting. Some people also hold a dumbbell in each hand to practice squats, or practice squats when lifting weights. These are things that can increase the intensity of exercise. We all know that squatting can greatly improve our leg strength. So can squat train abdominal muscles? What are the effects of squatting? Let’s get to know each other.
Can squat train abdominal muscles
When doing squat training, it will indirectly stimulate our core muscles. Because when doing squat, we need core stability. There are two types of core, one is the core (diaphragm, transverse abdominal muscle, multifidus muscle and pelvic floor muscle) and the other is our external core (external oblique abdominal muscle, external oblique abdominal muscle and rectus abdominis). Squatting often refers to stabilizing the core, which is more about activating the core, stabilizing our lumbar spine and avoiding injury caused by excessive exercise.
The work of the internal and external oblique muscles and rectus abdominis is very small. In addition, the deep squat movement mainly uses the dorsal nucleus, and the abdominal muscle (rectus abdominis) is the anterior nucleus. When squatting, the EMG activity of abdominal muscles is not very high, so it can be concluded that squatting is not a good exercise for abdominal muscles. Therefore, if you want to train beautiful abdominal muscles, you still need to do special abdominal muscle training, and the effect will be better.
What are the effects of squatting
1. Improve physical strength
Squat exercise forces almost all muscles of the body to participate in the exercise process. Because we need to maintain balance and support our body when squatting, it can exercise the muscles of our whole body. Then, the abdominal muscles will naturally get a lot of exercise, making our abdominal muscles stronger.
2. Increase body muscles
When we do squats, our body secretes a lot of growth hormone. It will promote the growth of body muscles and make everyone’s body more shaped. Squatting will increase our muscle density, and over time your abdominal muscles will look particularly beautiful.
3. Improve your jumping ability
Many female friends want to improve their jumping ability, so they will practice rope skipping and other sports. In fact, you might as well consider squatting. Squatting can make exercisers have strong jumping power, and its effect will be much better than rope skipping and other sports. Once you exercise your jumping power, your abdominal muscles will be well exercised and your muscles will become more compact.
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