Dr. Andy Galpin

That's the thing we're gonna have to keep in mind for the rest of this episode.

Our outcome goal in large part determines what is better or worse when it comes to training our abs and our core.

Now, before we go any further, we need to actually discuss what I mentioned a second ago.

And that is, what's the difference between your abs and your core?

If I asked most of you out there, you'd probably be like, I don't know.

I thought they were the same thing.

And of course, in large part, they are.

But the precision matters right now because, again, it will unveil insights into how we best train them.

Generally, when we say things like your abs, we're thinking aesthetics.

You know, how do you look rather than function?

Not always, but in general.

And we're generally talking about three big groups of muscles.

The first is called your rectus abdominis.

This is the six pack.

This is right in the middle.

The second are actually two muscle groups combined, and that is your obliques.

These are the ones on your side.

And then the third is your transverse abdominis.

I'll get into the anatomy in more detail here in one moment, but keep this in mind.

So generally we think abs, we think aesthetics, we think those three groups of muscles.