However,
neglecting back training is always a big mistake as this results in a body that is completely out of proportion and the imbalance usually results in pain or injury.
Not exact matches
The simple point is that 90 percent of people who
train, and 100 percent of those who don't,
neglect the need to build a strong
back.
If you
train only the chest muscles without
training the antagonising upper
back muscles, your shoulders are going to be permanently hunched forward — just like your arms are held bent when you
train only your biceps and
neglect your triceps.
Now this may not be true for you, but one of the most
neglected areas of the body in
training is the
back.
The
back is often a
neglected area in strength
training routines, so the seated row is an excellent way to incorporate some latissimus dorsi and rhomboid development into your workout.
Sometimes the lower
back muscles get
neglected in core
training programs, but having a strong lower
back is vital to overall core strength and injury prevention.
Although there are lots of good bodyweight
back exercises it is defiantly one of the most
neglected body parts and it seems most people would rather
train the muscles you can see which is why biceps, chest and shoulder exercises such as the crucifix rollout are far more popular.
I basically
trained legs, chest, and arms every week, but I
neglected my
back and literally NEVER shoulders.
Another problem with the isolationist style of
training the core musculature is that many of the crucial muscles that are necessary to properly brace and move your core are
neglected, such as the transverse abdominus, the spinal erectors, and the upper
back muscles.
The hip bridges are a crucial part to the functional core workout as they place emphasis on the hips and low
back which are usually
neglected or
trained improperly during traditional programs.
Brody believed that the touch component involved in first - play was intrinsically healing ~ and that children who missed those crucial first - play stages of development (through abuse /
neglect, for example) can be helped by a practitioner
trained in DPT to «go
back and pick up what they missed» (Brody, 1995).