To understand why Reverse Pigeon Pose works to stretch the piriformis we need to know that the
actions of this particular muscle vary according to the position of the hip joint.
The scientists will attempt to use the material to regenerate the muscle of patients who have lost at least 40
percent of a particular muscle group, an amount so devastating to limb function that it often leads doctors to perform an amputation.
The problem is that at heart rates higher than MAF, energy needs outpace both (1) the breakdown and use of fats for energy and (2) the intake and transport of oxygen, meaning that the body has no choice but to engage anaerobic channels —
not of a particular muscle to fuel that particular muscle, but of the muscles across the body as a whole, in order to feed the metabolism's additional energy needs.
It is often taken to be a good indicator of how large the EMG amplitude can be as a
result of a particular muscle action, although the extent to which this could be affected by noise and causative factors is unclear.
Focus and feel the contraction
of the particular muscle and ensure you are forcing the blood and nutrients into them, not just throwing the weights around.