Sentences with phrase «major upper body movements»

Although you can't see your back when you look in the mirror, training it regularly is incredibly important both for achieving amazing aesthetics and building a strong foundation for all major upper body movements.

Not exact matches

Horizontal adduction (drawing the arm across the body) is the only movement that involves the entire pectoralis major, but when you're holding a barbell you're locked into a limited amount of horizontal adduction, which means that your upper arm is limited in how much it can move towards the midline of your body.

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.

The deadlift is one of the few movements that work all major muscle groups in the body — depending on the stance and variation, it will help you strengthen your lower back, hams, glutes, hips, calves, quads, upper back, arms, traps, spinal erectors, etc..

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.