If this is the case, then you need to bring
the weaker muscle groups up to par with the stronger ones.
But for some people, this may not be enough, so one more day of training is recommended in which
weaker muscle groups could be given more stimulus to catch up.
It's ideal for building up
some weaker muscle groups that are holding back your progress.
Schedule an additional day to hit
the weak muscle groups.
If you want to have a well balanced physique, you need to give every muscle group the attention it deserves — and prioritize
the weak muscle groups.
This is where working with a trainer can come in handy, as there are a number of important factors we consider in program design — such as muscular endurance, progression, targeting
weak muscle groups and planning periodisation.
This «feeder» method works for bodybuilding goals or for bringing up
a weak muscle group that's holding back a big lift.
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.
It is the only
muscle of the
group which crosses the hip joint and is a powerful knee extensor when the hip is extended, but is
weak when the hip is flexed.
Since one - arm presses give you the ability to train each side of the body individually, they can easily expose the
weakest links in your shoulders and help you strengthen every
muscle of this large
muscle group.
By implementing this method, we hypertarget each
muscle group to ensure all
weak areas are addressed and nothing gets overlooked.
What you'll notice in these compensations is that they're almost always paired
muscles groups, meaning that the agonist (the one responsible for the action in the compensation) is tight and the antagonist (the opposing
muscle group) is
weak.
Isolating
muscle groups or
weak spots is very hard to do with bodyweight exercises.
The
group of
muscles at the front of the hip (hip flexors) tends to become both short &
weak.
The second advantage of using dumbbells instead of a bar is that they reduce the tendency of stronger
muscle groups to compensate for
weaker ones.
If any of these
muscle groups are
weak or do not activate, or if the athlete has poor technique, other
muscles must be used to support the movement.
You may not even know you have a
weak spot until you attempt an exercise that relies heavily on that
muscle group.
Part of the reason why one
muscle group may bear excessive load is because another
muscle group may be too
weak or inactive to complete the movement properly.
This strengthens small
muscles in charge of fine movement patterns,
muscles that are often made
weak when bigger
muscle groups take over (much like in the case of an athlete).
Of course, you may have one particular
muscle group that is
weaker and needs more training to develop, but you should have a total core training.
When this happens,
muscles become strong and shortened around the joints while opposing
muscle groups become
weak and overstretched.
This dumbbell workout targets
muscle groups that are commonly
weak among women, including the chest, back and core.