Sentences with phrase «relatively small muscle groups»

Keep in mind that the biceps and triceps are relatively small muscle groups, and building big arms is certainly not going to happen over night.

My point here is that this type of excessive abs training is really a waste of time training a relatively small muscle group such as the abs, when that time could have been better spent on full body exercises such as squats, deadlifts, clean & presses, lunges, upper body presses and pulls, dumbbell swings, snatches, etc, etc..

Not exact matches

In most people, both of these small muscle groups are relatively weak and susceptible to injury, and they're a major contributor to back pain.

The rotator cuff is a muscle group that lies under the delts and consists of four relatively small muscles.

The shoulders are comprised of the relatively large deltoid muscles, which have three heads — anterior, medial and posterior — and the smaller rotator cuff muscle group, made up of the teres minor, infraspinatus, supraspinatus and subscapularis, which is responsible for supporting the ball and socket joint and assisting all overhead movements.

Additionally, based on strength and hypertrophy (i.e. muscle thickness and volume) effect - size data, the research suggests that exercises be ordered based on priority of importance as dictated by the training goal of a programme, irrespective of whether the exercise involves a relatively large or small muscle group.