Sentences with phrase «as elbow flexors»

These muscles function as elbow flexors but they also perform forearm supination.

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This frequently overlooked muscle runs underneath the biceps and is visible on the outside of each upper arm and although it serves as a flexor of the elbow joint together with the biceps, it doesn't play a role in supinating the forearm, so moves that involve supinated hand position can't target it adequately.

This can be considered as somewhat irresponsible, because having strong forearms offers some major benefits in terms of upper body performance, since the forearm muscle is a flexor of the elbow joint responsible for movements such as bicep curls and it has the ability to put our arms in a supinated or pronated position during exercise.

Which brings us to the lat pull - down, a highly effective exercise that primarily targets the latissiums dorsi, the large fan - shaped muscle that makes up a big portion of your back, the lower and middle trapezius, the rhomboids and the serratus, while also engaging the elbow flexors, biceps and brachialis as supporting muscles; and is therefore an invaluable tool when it comes to building your back to bigger and better proportions.

They're called hip flexors because they create flexion in the hip, which is the technical term for a bending movement around a joint in a limb (such as the knee or elbow) that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint.

They're called hip flexors because they create flexion in the hip, which is the technical term for a bending movement around a joint in a limb that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint (such as the knee or elbow).

He is presently suffering from pain in his upper arm as well as a chronic dull pain in his elbow, and fatigue in his forearm and flexor digitorum superficialis (a forearm muscle).