What is the starting position of the Ab Prep? - ANSWER supine, pelvis and spine neutral; knees flexed, feet on mat, legs adducted or abducted hip-distance apart; arms long by sides, palms down, scapulae stabilized
What is the breathing pattern of the Ab Prep? - ANSWER Inhale: cranio-vertebral fl...
What is the starting position of the Ab Prep? - ANSWER supine, pelvis and spine neutral; knees flexed,
feet on mat, legs adducted or abducted hip-distance apart; arms long by sides, palms down, scapulae
stabilized
What is the breathing pattern of the Ab Prep? - ANSWER Inhale: cranio-vertebral flexion/head nod
Exhale: upper body flexion, lift arms off mat to shoulder level
Inhale: maintain position
Exhale: return to starting position
How many repetitions of the Ab Prep should be completed? - ANSWER 5-10
What is used as the blueprint for many exercises? - ANSWER Ab Prep
What muscles are being targeted in the Ab Prep? - ANSWER transversus abdominis, deep pelvic floor,
rectus abdominis, obliques, scapular stabilizers
What muscles are working concentrically in the Ab Prep? - ANSWER rectus abdominis, obliques
When are the rectus abdominis and obliques and working concentrically in the Ab Prep? - ANSWER
during thoracic flexion
What muscles are working eccentrically in the Ab Prep? - ANSWER rectus abdominis, obliques
When are the rectus abdominis and obliques and working eccentrically in the Ab Prep? - ANSWER
controlling the roll down
What is the Ab Prep helping to mobilize? - ANSWER upper and mid spinal articulation
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