Sentences with phrase «large muscles of your upper back»

A strict pull - up allows the large muscles of your upper back — the latissimus dorsi — to do the majority of the work, increasing their strength.

Not exact matches

Given that your traps are one of the largest muscles on your back and which can also scream power like no other feature on the upper body, you should aim on developing them as much as possible.

Pull - ups — Pull - ups train the large muscles of your upper body with most emphasis on back and biceps.

The trapezius muscle (Trapz) is a large muscle consisting of four parts covering the upper back, shoulders and neck.

A devastating upper - body compound movement which works a number of larger muscle groups at the same time (back, shoulders, & arms), and personally speaking, gets my heart - rate racing!

Given Marc's huge topic about afterburn of resistance training and efficacy of HIIT cardio, I'd like to indicate that Bikram yoga (and possibly other kinds I haven't attempted) includes a good deal of strength training (mostly the largest muscles i.e. legs, core and lower back with upper body coming as you go heavier) and feels pretty much like a high intensity cardio work out for perhaps 60 - 70 of the 90 minutes — as well as the other advantages.

When you hunch forward while you are seated or when you are standing for a long time, it will put a large amount of pressure on the muscles of your neck, causing strain in your upper back muscles.

While many fitness professionals and instructors tend to favour one o over the other, the truth is that both types of squats work a large number of muscles with only a slight difference between the two — while the front squat puts a greater emphasis on the quads and upper back, the back squat places greater emphasis on the glutes and the lumbar spine.

They target large muscle groups and work every section of the arms, shoulders, and upper back to sculpt and build a strong frame.