Sentences with phrase «during upper body movements»

Remember, both the rotator cuff muscles and the deltoids will be worked during any upper body movement.

Not exact matches

During the Arnold era, it was a very popular move because when done properly, it works the pecs, abs, lats and triceps in a very unique way that creates visible upper body improvements that are hard to achieve with any other movement.

Also, you want to make sure you're your shoulder blades are properly retracted during most upper body movements because this helps engage the muscle more and increase the tension, providing a better «pump».

The best way to prevent shoulder pain is to perform exercises which strengthen the shoulder complex and the entire upper body, which will help you achieve the strength and flexibility required for long - term optimal functioning of the shoulder joint during repetitive movements and under heavy loads.

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.

Conversely, during performance of movements where the upper arm is held out in front of the body, the long head is slackened to a greater degree (a phenomenon called active insufficiency) and therefore force production is compromised.

Pegs to hold the plates are located on the part of the machine that will move during the exercise — the bars with the handles for the upper body movements, and the bars with the foot rest or leg cushion for the lower body movements.

Your glutes — the muscles around your posterior — play a key role in powering your leg movements and stabilizing your upper body during daily activities.

Your glutes, the muscles around your posterior, like your gluteus medius and your gluteus maximus, play a major role in powering your leg movements and stabilizing your upper body during daily activities.

The lower back plays a crucial role during the Power Clean, as it has to work very hard isometrically throughout the entire movement to stabilize the trunk and allow and effective and efficient transfer of forces from the lower body to the upper body.

Assessing the effects of upper or lower body movement, Kim et al. (2015) explored erector spinae muscle activity during isometric hip extension exercises performed with either the upper or lower body moving and with either neutral or maximal lumbar and hip extension.