Chapter 6 Core Training Concepts for Performance Enhancement

Question 1

What is Core?

Answer 1

Defined by the structures that make up the lumbo pelvic hip complex

Question 2

What is Core Stability?

Answer 2

LPHC stability comprised of local or intersegmental stability, global stability, and global mobility

Question 3

What is Local Core Stabilizers?

Answer 3

Muscles that attach directly to the vertebrae

Question 4

What are Global Core Stabilizers?

Answer 4

Muscles that attach from the pelvis to the spine

Question 5

What is the Movement System?

Answer 5

Includes muscles that attach the spine and/or pelvis to the extremities

Question 6

What is the Drawing-In Maneuver

Answer 6

A maneuver used to recruit the local core stabilizers by drawing the navel in towards your spine

Question 7

What is Bracing?

Answer 7

Occurs when you have contracted both the abdominal, lower back, and buttock muscles at the same time

Question 8

What is Functional Strength?

Answer 8

The ability of the neuromuscular system to produce dynamic, multiplanar eccentric, concentric, and isometric stabilization actions quickly and efficiently during functional movements