Sentences with phrase «improve knee extension»

This exercise can also improve knee extension and range of motion.

Training the jerk may require improving knee extension strength, and the jerk may transfer best to movements requiring substantial net knee joint moments.

Not exact matches

Another reason the knee extension is not recommended by some physical therapists and personal trainers is that it doesn't improve the functions of running and jumping as efficiently as squats or lunges.

These selections are great for athletes to improve their triple extension (hip, knee, and ankle) which usually translates directly to their sport, but that may not be a goal for non-athletes.

Moreover, supplementation with BA for 4 — 10 weeks has been shown to increase knee extension torque by up to 6 % [143], improve workload and time to fatigue during high intensity cardio [144 — 148], improve muscle resistance to fatigue during strength training [149], increase lean mass by approximately 1 kg [147] and significantly reduce perceptions of fatigue [150].

In certain trials of older men and women, training with whole body vibration significantly improved muscle torque and power, and were proportionately greatest in plantarflexion and to a lesser extent knee extension, while hip flexion and extension, and knee flexion and dorsiflexion measures were unaltered.

Even the knee extension can improve vertical jump height (Augustsson et al. 1998; Friedmann - Bette et al. 2010).