Along with more well-known abdominal muscles such as the rectus abdominis (the "six-pack" ab muscles) and the internal and external obliques, your core also includes the diaphragm (which helps you ...

Background/aim Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is defined as a separation of the 2 muscle bellies of rectus abdominis. To date there is scant knowledge on prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of ...

Hypopressive exercise is thought to be an important treatment modality to prevent or to treat the diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscles by the assumption that contraction of deep abdominal muscles ...

"This exercise targets the rectus abdominis along with obliques ... "Increased muscle mass can help fire up metabolism, which plays a key role in a person's weight-loss journey," says Singh.