The word “core” itself has become a signifier for a certain trendy boutique fitness aesthetic.
widely overblown studies from the late 1990s. He says they confused people into thinking the transversus abdominis needs to be activated before engaging inBut perhaps the most obvious explanation for why we pay so much attention to our core is an aesthetic one, stemming from the misconception that the core is synonymous with the rectus abdominis, aka the “six pack.”
Although sculpted abs are seen as a badge of honor for exercisers of all genders, Henderson points out that our hyper-focus on the core can be seen as a feminized phenomenon, stemming from “myths about what types of exercise women should and should not be doing,” she says.
"Women have been taught that that's an acceptable type of strength to work on, because it's considered aesthetically pleasing to have visible ab muscles." -Garnet Henderson, CPTwhether someone has visible abs has less to do with how strong their core is and more to do with how much body fat they have in their midsection. Yet the mistaken idea that you can spot-reduce belly fat perpetuates an overemphasis on abdominal work, says Henderson.
One big obstacle standing in the way of measuring what the core affords us is a lack of agreed-upon clarity regarding what it consists of.
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