Rack Pulls as strength building exercise is responsible for the back and hip extension since it targets
the back chain muscles.
Not exact matches
Given the fact that you are already doing deadlifts, squats and other similar posterior
chain movements during the training week, you will want your lower
back muscles to be well rested and as fresh as possible.
This movement will actually strengthen your whole posterior
chain by making the gluteus
muscles, hamstrings and adductor magnus work together synergistically to extend the hips, while the lower
back extensors take the role of stabilisers.
Finally, they allow you to practice and strengthen your grip and as a result of that, help develop your entire posterior
chain — the
back muscles.
A combination of tight
muscles and an overarched
back can lead to plenty of pain and damage to the lower
back and lumbar spine, like facet joint damage, spondylolysis, spondylosis, herniated discs and posterior
chain dysfunctions, just to name a few.
Wheel pose (also known as bridge in gymnastics) works nearly every
muscle in the posterior
chain (aka the
back of your body), making it a fantastic core and butt strengthener as well as an incredible flexibility exercise.
Not only will a strong posterior
chain allow you to smoothly and painlessly engage in all the everyday movements listed above, but working those
back body
muscles also improves your core stabilization and overall posture, which of course helps keep our bodies fluid, flexible, and thriving as we get older.
Strategically training your
back muscles — and I'm talking about your rhomboids (between your shoulder blades), your trapezius — or traps — your erector spinae column (long
chain along your spine) the more support and balance you will give to the front of your body, the less pain you will have and you will decrease your risk of injury!
Not only is this movement phenomenal for lifting and shaping the glutes, it's a super important lift that integrates the
muscles of the posterior
chain and helps strengthen and align the postural stabilizers of your body - incorporating the core, pelvis, lower
back hamstrings and glutes.
Your posterior
chain is a group of
muscles on the
back of your body.
Hinging at the hips is important for strengthening the posterior
chain of
muscles from the upper, mid and low
back to hamstrings and lower leg.
Back this with your vitamins and minerals two times a day, eight capsules of branch
chain amino acids (key
muscle - building protein) before and after your workouts, a gulp of EFA oil and a nightly portion of Metamucil for fiber.
Though this is «healthy» stress that will strengthen your posterior
chain, you should counteract that stretch to relax the connective tissue of your spinal disks and your lower
back muscles.
Being
chained to a desk all day goes against that design but can be addressed by incorporating a few office stretches and seated exercises into your daily office routine to help improve your posture, and increase the range of motion in your neck,
back and joints, and stretch those unused
muscles.
A perfect kettlebell swing will work your posterior
chain muscles (
back, abs, butt, hamstrings) and combat all the ill - effects of our anterior dominant Western Society.
Heck, there's even a VERY thorough section on the posterior
chain (the
muscles down the
back of the body) as relating to core strength and functional power in combat sports.
Kettlebell Flipping also requires a significant work load from the posterior
chain, and from the postural
muscles in the
back and shoulders.
In my previous article «4 Essential Bodyweight Movements Everyone Should Master,» I discussed the importance of the hinge in strengthening the posterior
chain, from the upper and mid
back muscles, to the lower
back, glutes, hamstrings and calves.
Good Mornings are a great exercise for strengthening the posterior
chain muscles; hamstrings, glutes and
back muscles.
As the saying goes «a
chain is only as strong as its weakest link» which is why people who neglect this
muscle normally end up with lower
back pain when doing exercises such as squats or the military press.
Specifically, he highlights rowing's use of the «posterior
chain», a huge group of
muscles on the posterior side of the body (that includes
muscles that support the spine and
back and the hamstring
muscles among others), in being particularly effective in helping achieve a variety of training objectives.
Hamstrings and other
muscles and fascial connections of the
back body are for the most part strained and tense from the shortness of the flexor
chains in the front body.
Working multiple
muscle groups such as the posterior
chain, (a huge group of
muscles that supports the spine,
back and hamstrings), it's used across a wide range of sports for conditioning and torching fat and calories.
Active glutes and hamstrings engage the posterior
chain, rather than the small
muscles of the
back.
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I have a little atp and relative week glutes, or i think so, I do nt lift but I love BW training I do Squats a lot, but I have fear of accentuating the ATP or the amnesia, when I squat not know how far
back the hip carry or move the pelvis to put into action the posterior
chain, when I do feel more my buttocks, hamstrings and lower leg act independently if I become best squat, I use a lot of tension and long tempo, atp squat position seems better for the knees and draw the anterior
muscles of the leg of the equation, but this can accentuate my desvalance?