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Dr. Andy Galpin

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Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

But that's the only real one I know of that has that information directly on it.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

So again, maybe not something all of you have to do.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

It is more difficult, more challenging, but if you really wanted to know what your rotational power is or what your flexion or extension power and stuff are, you could do it on a machine like the Proteus.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

Lastly here is look.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

Unfortunately, and as you'll see from the research here in one moment, investigating muscle growth for your core muscles is extraordinarily challenging.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

There's very, very, very little research on muscle growth.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

in this area.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

You could, in theory, try to find an MRI or an ultrasound machine, and I think you're going to struggle.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

What we have been doing more recently, personally, is I have a program actually called Optima Muscle.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

This uses a Springbok MRI technology, and it's actually reasonably affordable for some.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

It's pretty fast, and you can get an MRI scan done, and it outlines the exact volume and size

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

of over 140 muscles on your body.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

And so you can look at symmetry, you can look at fat infiltration, and you can start to see things like this either at a baseline or as a pre and post, right?

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

We did this and we trained like this six months later, did my core actually grow?

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

It's really unfortunate, but you can't measure your core muscles with a tape measure.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

You can't do, like images are hard to do because so much of how your core appears is based upon your body weight and your fat.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

Most other muscles, it's a little bit easier.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

I can take a picture, I can use a tape measure on your biceps and triceps and deltoids to see if they're bigger.

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

If you really want to know the size of your obliques and your spinal erectors, the only thing, again, I'm really aware of is that type of MRI technology, but

Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin
How to Build a Strong Core & Abs

To be really clear, I have a conflict of interest here.