Sentences with phrase «weak hamstring muscles»

A hamstring injury can be caused by many reasons including tight, weak hamstring muscles or hamstring pulls or strains.

Tight quadriceps negatively impact posture (pelvic alignment), can contribute to weak hamstring muscles.

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Gluteal muscles are designed for intense activity, and unless they are worked intensely, they can become weak or «lazy» and will let other muscles (like hamstrings) happily do all the work.

Powerful glutes also help correct the muscle imbalances that many people have from sitting too much — tight hip flexors, weak glutes, and hamstrings.

If a muscle gets «longer» but not stronger then it will be weak in the additional flexible range and be prone to injury e.g. developing more hamstring flexibility by stretching without also strengthening the muscle.

If your core muscles are weak, the hamstrings are forced to work harder to make up for the inability of the core and pelvis to keep you stable.

Can weak core muscles affect your hamstrings?

If the gluteal muscles are weak or inhibited, most of your hip extension is going to come from your hamstrings.

Low back pain can occur for a number of reasons such as a specific injury or condition or general causes such as sitting with poor posture, weak core muscles, tight hips and hamstrings.

If your glute muscles are weak, your hamstrings will have to work overtime to pick up the slack.

People with office or sedentary jobs often have weak glutes and hamstrings, and the power clean is an excellent developer of these muscles.

This is no reason to not perform them, however, and the mistakes that make these lifts potentially dangerous are more often than not the result of imbalances (quad / hamstring imbalances leading to knees bowing in or forward during the squat), disproportionately weak muscles (lower back rounding during the deadlift), or balance issues that absolutely need to be addressed for the athlete.

Article by: Asma Kassam, Burnaby Vancouver Kinesiologist / Personal Trainer specializing in Fitness and Active Rehab — back pain Low back pain can occur for a number of reasons such as a specific injury or condition or general causes such as sitting with poor posture, weak core muscles, tight hips and hamstrings.

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).