Insane Transverse Abdominis Power - A Demonstration (Day 10)

To review, the transverse abdominis is the muscle you use to suck in your abs. It is a sheet of smooth muscle just underneath your 6 pack (rectus abdominis) that wraps around your body to your spine.

It's extremely important (actually more important than your 6 pack or your obliques) because it is the innermost stabilizer of your core. The average American's transverse abdominis is actually extremely weak due to our sedentary lifestyle spent sitting down. I stumbled across this video today and thought it would be a good illustration of not only the awesome control and power an extremely strong transverse abdominis has, but the amazing pliability of well developed abs. We're all used to seeing pictures of what 6 packs look like and imagine them to be solid pieces of rock. But we probably don't realize how much they can be manipulated: