Sentences with phrase «where upper body muscles»

Because you use both upper and lower body to move yourself through the water (more muscle is used)-- you burn more calories than with jogging, running or statical bike where upper body muscles are almost not used.

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- strengthening the upper body and core muscles for other gross motor tasks - strengthening the upper body and core muscles to create a stable base for fine motor skills - developing stability in the bones of the shoulder joint (the ball and socket joints of the shoulders and hips are shallow and unstable at birth but are molded into stronger, more stable joints through weight - bearing)- visual development to quickly shift focus from near to far - hand - eye - coordination - providing plentiful early opportunities for motor planning (movement problem - solving)- refining balance - integrating the movement (vestibular), pressure & stretch (proprioceptive), visual and touch (tactile) sensory systems - learning to coordinate movements where two sides of the body are doing different movements - learning to coordinate upper body and lower body movements - developing body awareness and spatial awareness - fostering independence

Although it's not a continuous cardio session, given the time it takes to ride the lift back up to the top of a mountain, snowboarding taxes lower - and upper - body muscles and improves control and stability, explains Timothy Miller, MD, director of the endurance medicine program at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where he specializes in sports medicine and orthopedics.

Today, our rotator cuffs and upper back muscles are weaker than ever, and this common issue poses a serious threat in the gym, where many bodybuilders are looking to squat as heavy as possible and use overhead pressing to develop strong upper bodies, disregarding the fact that these two compound exercises require a very tight and stable upper back.

Advanced lifters can use a body - split training routine where they can concentrate on their upper body in one training session and then on the lower body in the next, whereas beginners are better suited to using full - body workouts where they will train all their muscle groups in one session using compound movements.

This is because the body is often doing fully - aerobic exercises where it is using one set of muscles (say the upper body) and fueling mostly those with the rest of the aerobic system while the others are at rest.