In addition, the small
hip stabilizer muscles are strengthened when you stand on one leg, and strong hip stabilizers help to control and protect the knee from excessive stress.
Not exact matches
Also, aim to work in all three planes of motion in order to strengthen the
stabilizer muscles around your shoulders,
hips and midsection.
The deadlift involves the following
muscle groups: hamstrings, glutes, spinal erectors (lower back), abs, calves, lats,
hip muscles, quads, upper back, shoulders, forearms and many smaller
stabilizer muscles.
You've also got deep core
stabilizers, your primary
hip flexors — the psoas
muscles.
In addition to isolating each calf, standing on one leg challenges your core
muscles even further and places extra
muscle tension on the quads, hamstrings, glutes, and
hip stabilizers on the stance side.
The gluteus medius is a key
stabilizer muscle of the
hip joint, which acts to abduct and both externally...
Lower extremity power and strength will be affected by poor stability of core musculature of the spine (other core
muscles are shoulder and
hip stabilizers).
When you stand, the
stabilizer muscles in the arch of the foot, the
hip girdle, and core all work to stop your body from collapsing against gravity.
What
muscles it works: «You use a lot of
stabilizer muscles in the
hips, knees and ankles that you don't normally use, as well as larger
muscles like the butt, legs and core,» says Braganza.
By adding in the instability of a suspension trainer like the TRX, you can increase the «wobble» factor, and thereby increase the activity of the
stabilizer muscles of the deep core and
hip complex.