| External oblique (note 1) |
| part of your "abs"; partly responsible
for twisting and bending the torso at the waist. Abdominals are important
in archery, particularly on the bow side, as they help stabilise the torso
and keep the body upright. It's bad form to lean away from the bow (mechanically
inefficient and causes the string to contact the body) and this, with the
rectus abdominis and some of the back muscles,
helps avoid that. |
| Note 1: Sometimes "obliquus abdominis" |