1.0SixPackAbs.euhttps://www.sixpackabs.eu/en/SixPackAbshttps://www.sixpackabs.eu/en/author/sixpackabs/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TBBrPXyZPv"><a href="https://www.sixpackabs.eu/en/what-is-the-obturator-externus/">What is the Obturator Externus?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sixpackabs.eu/en/what-is-the-obturator-externus/embed/#?secret=TBBrPXyZPv" width="600" height="338" title="“What is the Obturator Externus?” — SixPackAbs.eu" data-secret="TBBrPXyZPv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.sixpackabs.eu/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.sixpackabs.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/fitness-man-showing-his-muscles-at-the-gym.jpg25001668The obturator externus is a small, deep muscle in your hip. It sits underneath your larger glute muscles and is positioned on the outside of your pelvis, close to where your thigh bone meets your hip socket. Even though it is not visible from the outside and it is not an “ab muscle,” it plays an important role in how your hips move and how stable your pelvis is during training.