Sentences with phrase «isometric contractions which»

Not exact matches

That being said, the method does not differentiate among concentric, isometric and eccentric contractions, which are all included in a traditional set.

Isometric contraction, which happens when the muscles tense and contract but do not change length is able to activate a higher number of motor units than any other type of training, so make the most out of it.

Isometric exercise is a type of strength training in which the muscle length and joint angle do not change during the contraction.

The purpose of the exercise is to stimulate your muscles through isometric muscular contraction, which is a fancy way to say «flexing your muscles in a set position for a set amount of time.»

Dan and Pavel also talk about pressing the elbows hard against the knees, and the knees against the elbows for some isometric contraction work for the hips and shoulders simultaneously (which of course are connected through the core musculature and work together contralaterally).

The difference is in the force of the isometric contraction, which in MET's are a lot lower.

They then ease off slightly from the stretch and ask the athlete to try to push the leg back down to the couch, which causes an isometric contraction of the hamstrings.

This variation (which we've decided to call the squeeze plank) sticks to the elbow plank form, but adds in a full - body isometric contraction, which means it's a serious workout for your whole body from head to toe.

Small study said it did nothing but decrease muscle endurance (I'm guessing because muscular endurance is related to estrogen, which was been indicated in other studies on the difference between males and females preforming isometric contractions).

Pause reps are one way to directly target isometric contraction, which will have transfer over to movements on field which require a quick reversal or change of direction i.e. almost everything we do, but especially stepping and sprinting.

Similarly, training using a partial range of motion (which is similar to using isometrics at short muscle lengths) increases strength around the joint angle corresponding to the peak contraction.

The wrist is secured to a pressure cuff, which is also secured to the table to prevent unintended movement and enable a measureable, standardized isometric contraction of the infraspinatus muscle.