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Carry & Anti-Movement Core · Advanced

Yoke Carry

Isolation carry & anti-movement core exercise using yoke.
Difficulty
Advanced
Equipment
Yoke
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Frontal

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How to do the Yoke Carry

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 lateral flexionprimary action · resisted

    Quadratus lumborum (prime mover, high emphasis); External oblique (prime mover, high emphasis); Internal oblique (prime mover, high emphasis); Erector spinae (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine flexionsecondary action · resisted

    Erector spinae (synergist, high emphasis); Multifidus (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action · resisted

    Rectus abdominis (synergist, high emphasis); Transverse abdominis (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Hip adductionsecondary action · resisted

    Gluteus medius (stabilizer, high emphasis); Gluteus minimus (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Tensor fascia lata (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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