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Carry & Anti-Movement Core · Intermediate

Stir the Pot

Isolation carry & anti-movement core exercise using stability ball.
Difficulty
Intermediate
Equipment
Stability ball
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Stir the Pot

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

  • Spine rotationsecondary action · resisted

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

  • Scapula protractionsecondary action

    Serratus anterior (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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