Sentences with phrase «muscle activity»

Additionally, they reported superior muscle activity during the inverted row compared with the single arm cable row.

No difference in muscle activity in the eccentric phase existed.

Also, there appears to be no difference in muscle activity between vertical and horizontal pulling exercises performed with similar loads.

Lastly, the barbell bent over row produced greater muscle activity than the single arm cable row.

They reported that the leg press performed with a low foot placement produced superior muscle activity compared to the high foot placement.

They report that inverted rows performed from a barbell (77 %) produced statistically superior muscle activity in the biceps compared with the suspension trainer (67 %) variation.

Even though both are based on muscle activity and result in energy expenditure, their long - term consequences are different.

The participants wore a portable monitoring device to measure muscle activity with the device recording electrical activity of muscles in the arms and legs for approximately eight hours.

Single - joint exercises can also be used to good effect to produce high levels of biceps muscle activity.

The lateral raise and bench press seem to produce similar muscle activity, while the shoulder press produces greater activity than the lateral raise.

Our body is designed to move and it is not surprising that sedentary behavior, characterized by low muscle activity, has a direct impact on physiology.

The use of instability devices (Swiss ball vs. stable bench) appears to affect abdominal muscle activity.

Further, muscle activity tended to be similar between planes of motion at the same shoulder elevation.

One is to decrease muscle activity during jogging, and the other is to increase the pitch speed.

Burning fat is a more effective long - term fuel but is more complex to process and isn't as readily accessible for quick bursts of muscle activity as is a fuel like glucose.

The unstable surface means more muscle activity in the chest, arms and core area.

In contrast, the rear foot elevated split squat appears to produce greater calf muscle activity than the back squat.

The researchers report that for all conditions, greater relative loads produced superior peak and average muscle activity in the biceps.

But now you don't have to go to the clinic to get visual feedback about your pelvic floor muscle activity.

Several studies have explored the trunk muscle activity during the squat.

It was however selected as a good exercise because the low thigh muscles activity enables it to work better on the abdominal muscles.

This is due to increased muscle tone (or resting muscle activity) that full - term babies have the first month of life.

The current increased the activity of normal beta waves, a kind of brain wave that is usually active during sustained muscle activities, such as holding a book.

While the body's weight does play a part in maintaining bone density, she says impacts and muscle activity play a bigger role in bone health.

However, descriptive means of the biceps muscle activity between the exercises was available.

The range of motion is also a lot greater in squats than leg presses, which creates much greater muscle activity.

But the lymph system doesn't have a pump, so it relies heavily on muscle activity to move the fluids.

It appears that both compound and isolation exercises with sufficient load are able to produce high levels of biceps muscle activity.

Very limited data exists comparing biceps muscle activity during different horizontal pulling exercises.

Both studies found that hamstrings muscle activity was significantly higher during the split squat than during the standard back squat.

The tape protocol was supposed to decrease muscle activity.

It was developed by monitoring normal brain and muscle activity as the monkey moved its own arms.

Back squats and split squats generally produce similar calf muscle activity.

Therefore, an internal cue to brace the trunk appears to be a better method of increasing trunk muscle activity in the back squat than the more traditional method of using unstable surfaces.

Assessing the effect of bar velocity, Manabe et al. (2007) found that performing the back squat with quicker speeds with the same relative load increased erector spinae muscle activity when compared to slower speeds.

Assessing the effect of sit up technique, Andersson et al. (1997) measured rectus abdominis muscle activity when performing the curl up (trunk flexion only), sit up (hip flexion only), and spontaneous sit up (both trunk and hip flexion) with either straight or bent legs, and either anchored or unanchored.

During deadlifts, rectus abdominis and external oblique muscle activity levels are moderate, indicating that it may be a useful exercise for the abdominals.

They reported that upper trapezius muscle activity ranged between 44 — 129 % of MVC at lift - off and 81 — 129 % at knee passage.

They reported that anterior deltoid muscle activity displayed no difference between conditions.

Therefore, it appears that isolation exercises may display comparable levels of triceps muscle activity while enabling greater exercise volume.

Exploring stability at the hand, Maeo et al. (2014) compared erector spinae muscle activity when performing push ups on the ground or utilising a suspension system.

They report that the pronated grip pull up produced comparable (120 % vs. 117 % of maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) levels) latissimus dorsi muscle activity compared with the supinated chin - up exercise.

Overhead squats produce less gastrocnemius muscle activity because of the lighter absolute load at the same relative load.

Park et al. (2010) reported the same effect on gluteus medius muscle activity of a pelvic compression belt during the same exercise.

Several studies have assessed muscle activity of the abdominals during compound exercises.

Comparing different knee joint angles in the deadlift, Escamilla et al. (2002) explored muscle activity of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius at knee joint angles of: 90 — 61 degrees (lift - off position), 60 — 31 degrees (mid-range), and 30 — 0 degrees (lockout).

Assessing different whole - body linkage exercises, McGill et al. (2014) explored muscle activity of the abdominals during the hanging leg raise (straight - leg and bent - leg variations), hand walk - out and body - saw in a suspension system.

In practical terms, both upper and middle trapezius display high muscle activity at knee flexion angles of 31 — 60 degrees.