Sentences with phrase «activation than squats»

The quadruped hip extensions, step - ups, and lunges generated significantly more muscle activation than squats.

Not exact matches

The last nail on the coffin comes from a Canadian study which found that free - weight squats allow around 43 % more muscular activation than Smith - machine squats, which means that squatting in the Smith machine is literally a waste of your time and energy.

On the other hand, many studies have shown that ass - to - grass squats allow greater muscle activation and offer superior benefits in terms of muscle growth and strength gains than partial squats.

The leg press and the good morning are less effective, displaying lower muscle activation than the stiff - legged deadlift, glute - ham raise, and back squat.

As a result, practically any exercise you do with it — from conventional strength movements like presses and squats to more unique kettlebell exercises like swings and snatches — is going to require stricter form and more muscle activation than you could get away with using a dumbbell.

Even though it looks simple, you get tremendous glute activation with this exercise (even more than with squats according to a study done by the American Council on Exercise).

Studies have shown that the wide squat gets a lot more glute activation than the narrow squat, and since you're reading this to get a sexier butt, that's why we're doing them.

Weight training: The basic exercises that include the largest muscle groups or even call into play the entire body as a unit (squats, front squats, split squats, deadlifts, stiff legged deadlifts, overhead presses, all kinds of rows and core - activation exercises) will have a much greater metabolism stimulating effect than isolation exercises (concentration curls, calf raises, etc)

Their findings showed that even though squats generated significantly more muscle activation than both the horizontal and vertical leg presses, there was no significant difference in EMG activity when compared to the other exercises.

So we might expect the hip thrust to produce greater gluteus maximus muscle activation than the back squat.

So exercises that involve less knee extension (hip thrusts, deadlifts, pull throughs and back extensions) will tend to produce much greater hip muscle activation than those that involve more knee extension (squats, lunges, and leg presses), although there are other factors involved of course!