can you feel your oblique muscles in your back?

katy_trail
katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
these are the muscles on the sides of the lower back.

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  • sixtyinchesoffury
    sixtyinchesoffury Posts: 321 Member
    maybe a little but what you would be more likely to feel are the lats ( latissimus dorsi) the obliques do wrap around your sides but I think in regards to function/action the lower part of the lats would be more dominant
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    It looks like it's slightly lower than that on the picture, it's where my 'natural waistline' would be, just below my ribs.
    it's such a weird feeling, I don't remember noticing it the other times that I was working out, exercising, and so on, but I feel them all the time now. Not sore, just, aware they are there.
  • sixtyinchesoffury
    sixtyinchesoffury Posts: 321 Member
    oh I see yeah that would be obliques and more mid lats but I think you're feeling them because your "corset" is tightening up...I love that feeling!!!
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    oh I see yeah that would be obliques and more mid lats but I think you're feeling them because your "corset" is tightening up...I love that feeling!!!

    Yay!

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