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True or False? Your Back Pain Will Vanish Forever if You Train Your "Core"! Plus: What Actually is the F*** "Core"?

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Do people really suffer from back pain because they are not doing exercises like this everyday, or are we rather dealing with a more fundamental problem? One that is related to the general reluctance to move further than from the couch to the fridge and back? What do you think? You will probably be aware that the #1 trigger of back pain in today's society is our sedentary lifestyle. Today, more than 50% of the US adults are affected by chronic back pain (Rozenberg. 2008). Against that background it appears logical to assume that it would help if you strengthen you deep trunk muscles, but is that actually true? And how does one do that (best)? Currently, no standardized system has been established analyzing and comparing the results of core strength training and typical resistance training. Therefore, Wen-Dien Chang, Hung-Yu Lin, and Ping-Tung Lai conducted a systematic review of the results of previous studies to explore the effectiveness of various core strength training s...
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Adelfo Cerame: Intermittent Carbohydrate Modulation as a Stepping Stone Towards an Anatomy Chart Physique

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Adelfo's goal is to look like an anatomy chart. Now, I don't know about you, but I have seen dozens of anatomy charts that reveal less details of the human physiology than this side-shot which was taken only three days ago. If you read the headline of today's SuppVersity article, first, you will already know that this is not day 4 of the SuppVersity Exercise Science Week , but (finally) another of Adelfo Cerame's guestposts, here at the SuppVersity . You don't have to worry, there's going to be at least some exercise science in the SuppVersity Science Round-Up , which does (business as usual) air on 1PM (EST) live! on the Super Human Radio Network . So, if you want to be among the first to hear the latest about the ameliorative effect of no more than 3g of glutamine on skeletal muscle damage and reductions in immune functions , when you're training like a maniac ( learn more about glutamine) the superiority of protein blends with respect to net pro...
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Shoulder Presses Ain't for Delts, Only! Standing, Seated w/ BB or DB, They Also Hammer the Core, Biceps & Triceps

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Flex Wheeler doing BB presses in what vcertainly isn't the ideal position for the lower back - imagine him doing that standing *uhoh* Don't worry, I am not going to repeat my SuppVersity Facebook news post on the activation of the rectus abdominis , the obliques and the lower back muscles many of you 'liked' on Facebook. I am rather going to expand on it by presenting the data from the unofficial follow-up (Saeterbakken. 2012). Before I do that, I will yet give you the usual preview of today's installment of the SuppVersity Science Round Up I am doing every Thursday (1PM EST, live! ) with my friend Carl Lanore from Super Human Radio (in case you did not notice, the number of real scientists on the show has risen exponentially within the last weeks, so I highly recommend you download a couple of other podcasts as well). SuppVersity Science Round Up - Preview Just like today's blogpost the focus of today's Science Round Up is actually going to ...
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SuppVersity EMG Series - Rectus Abdominis, Obliques and Erector Spinae: The Very Best Exercises For Sixpack Abs and a Powerful Midsection

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Image 1: There is more to a strong core than just the m. rectus abdominis aka 'the abs' (red);  its imperative to train your obliques (blue) and the muscle strands of the erector spinae muscles which stabilize your spine (violette) " 6 weeks to 6-pack abs " - although we all know that this is unattainable for the majoritity of beer-bellied casual Men's Health reader, headlines like that still make the sales of today's fitness magazines go up. On the other hand, Charles Atlas, John Grimek, Ray Parks, Eugen Sandow and the other fathers of physical culture would certainly turn in their graves, if they saw the metrosexual size zero bans on the covers of respective 'lifestyle' magazines and read about the 'cult of sculpted abs' that has befallen their 'grandchildren'... well, I guess you don't care about those 'grandpas', let alone my rants, and still want your sixpack to shine in its full glory on the next spring break, n...
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