Sentences with phrase «with weak hamstrings»

An athlete with weak hamstrings will have difficulty pulling the bar off the ground, the first phase of the lift.

Not exact matches

That being said, the responsibility for bending the knee and extending the hip falls mostly on the hams, so training hard and heavy with weak and too tight hams will most likely result in hamstring injury.

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.

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

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.

For example too tight chest and not strong enough upper back lead to crunched shoulders, tight lower back and hamstrings with weak glutes pull hips forward, on top of these issues there's tight neck sticking forward giving the «perfect» S shaped posture...

But combine weak glutes with tight hip flexors and tight hamstrings from sitting down most of the day, and when it comes time to drop it like a squat: it's more like a glute fizzle than the bonfire you'd hoped for.

With anterior pelvic tilt your hamstrings are already loose and weak while your back is tight.

It is important to keep in mind that if you sit for a majority of the day, you may have inactive and weak glutes, along with tight hamstrings and hip flexors.