| p>Crafting your golf swing can be a lifelong pursuit. | | | | Why Don't I Know About Them? |
| Minor tweaks and changes to the way you stand, | | | | Most of the time when we think of a strong core, |
| the movement in the pelvis, and the twist of the | | | | we immediately go to the infamous 'six-pack' or |
| torso can add score-improving feet to your drives. | | | | rectus abdominus muscles on the front of the body. |
| To effectively and efficiently create that twist in the | | | | However the obliques have a very important job: to |
| torso, the hips have to engage the oblique abdominal | | | | stabilize your core by aligning the ribs over the pelvis |
| muscles and use them to drive the upper body | | | | and holding this relationship in place. There are many |
| through the swing. In this article we'll look more | | | | different reasons why the obliques may not be able |
| closely at what exactly those muscles are for, and | | | | to do their job properly: scoliosis, hip problems, even |
| how we can get them working for us as effectively | | | | an ankle injury can throw off their natural balance. |
| as possible to craft the best swing we can! | | | | You can do crunches to your heart's content and get |
| What Are The Obliques? | | | | those muscles to pop out and look impressive. But if |
| The internal and external obliques are two sets of | | | | you're a golfer, they aren't really going to help your |
| muscles run in opposite diagonal directions and | | | | golf swing, as they're not the primary movers for |
| overlap each other around the sides of the body. | | | | the twist of the torso! (And on a separate note, too |
| The external obliques start on the front of the body, | | | | many crunches can start to 'crunch' your spinal |
| attached to the bottom of the ribs, and wrap | | | | vertebrae and cause damage over time). Instead, |
| diagonally down and around the side to insert on the | | | | start to pay a little attention to the obliques and |
| back of the pelvis. Meanwhile, the internal obliques | | | | strengthen your core in every direction. |
| begin attached to the bottom of the ribs on the | | | | With just a little more attention and some specific |
| back of the body, and wrap around to the front of | | | | yoga core strength exercises for these potential |
| pelvis. In this way the muscles criss-cross over each | | | | powerhouse muscles, you'll be able to get your swing |
| other and provide support for the sides, front and | | | | in shape in no time! |
| back of the torso. | | | | |