Major muscle groups utilized during the plyometric squat exercise are: Gluteus maximus, Gluteus medius, Gluteus Minimus, Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Tensor Fascia Latae, and
other hip flexor muscles.
Not exact matches
It's actually mostly caused by
other muscles like your
hip flexors, glutes, and even the calves (just to name a few).
While
other programs mainly talk about how to exercise and train to lose weight or get in shape, this guide teaches us about the benefits of loosening the
hip flexor muscles (psoas) that leads to belly fat loss, having more energy, better sexual performance and much more.
Aside from helping to prevent injuries, there's another reason: thanks to the good old 9 - 5 spent sitting on our tush, most people have weak glutes, tight
hip flexors and tight hamstrings, which means if they dive straight into the exercises they don't target their glutes, but rather
other muscles like the thighs (quadriceps in the front, adductors on the inside and hamstrings at the back).
The adductor magnus has a large
hip extensor
muscle moment arm, making it an unappreciated
hip extensor, while the
other adductors are
hip flexors.
He'd quickly discover how much it works his quadriceps, abdominals, back
muscles, and
hip flexors (the
muscles that draw the front of the thigh and the front of the torso toward each
other).
This will help relieve the over-activity of the
hip flexors, allowing you to strengthen and coordinate the transversus abdominis and
other abs
muscles.