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Carry & Anti-Movement Core · Beginner

Bear Crawl

Isolation carry & anti-movement core exercise using bodyweight.
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Bodyweight
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Alternating
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Bear Crawl

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Spine extensionprimary action · resisted

    Rectus abdominis (prime mover, high emphasis); Transverse abdominis (stabilizer, high emphasis); External oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Internal oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine rotationsecondary action · resisted

    External oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Internal oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Multifidus (stabilizer, low emphasis)

  • Hip flexionsecondary action

    Iliopsoas (synergist, moderate emphasis); Rectus femoris (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Shoulder flexionsecondary action

    Anterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Serratus anterior (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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