Anti-extension is resisting extension at the spine... Anti-rotation is resisting rotation at the spine... And as you can probably guess, anti-lateral flexion is resisting lateral flexion (sideways bending) at the spine.
Exercises like side bends have been used to train lateral flexion capability in the past… But since we now know that the core’s job is to prevent motion and not create it, anti-lateral flexion exercises are the new sheriff in town.
The simplest way to look at anti-lateral flexion: think about the dreaded carry of a handful of grocery bags from the car to the fridge. To stay stable and resist the tendency to let your body droop to the side, there must be core strength in the form of anti-lateral flexion. In the same way that we want the anterior core to assume the role of anti-extension, we want to see the lateral flexors (think: obliques) prevent the core from collapsing.
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