Rehabilitation With a Personal Trainer vs. Physical Therapy
A skilled physical therapist can help you heal and prevent any future problems resulting from an improperly healed injury.
Read more →Fitness Mastery: Hypertrophy, HIIT & Running Optimization
Comprehensive fitness involves a mix of strength training for hypertrophy, HIIT for metabolic health, and corrective exercises for postural alignment.
Why Do Some Women Have Flat Buttocks?
A flat butt is often a result of inactivity and postural deviations. Work out using weights and regular cardio to build shape.
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How to Do a Dumbbell Rear Delt Fly
A rear delt fly done with dumbbells strengthens your upper back muscles and shoulders while working on stabilization strength in your spine, deep abdominals and hips. The exercise requires you to maintain a neutral spine position and avoid moving the torso.
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Do You Burn Fat Running for 30 Minutes?
Carbohydrates and fat are your body's primary sources of fuel for long-distance running. The amount of each nutrient you use depends on duration and exercise intensity. As long as your body has a steady supply of oxygen and carbohydrates, fat will be used as the preferred fuel source to keep you running.
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Gluteus Medius Stretches
The gluteus medius, one of three muscles in the buttocks, works with your other hip muscles to move the leg away from the midline of your body. It also assists in both internal rotation and external rotation of hip joint.
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Deep Inner Thigh Groin Stretch
Tissues and muscles in your deep inner thighs and groin can become tight and stiff from poor posture and inactivity. This can lead to weakness in your hips, which can cause pain in your lower back, hips and knees.
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Differences Between Muscular Strength and Power
The terms "strength" and "power" are sometimes used interchangeably when exercise and athletic performance are discussed. Although both variables have similarities, there are distinctions that you should recognize when you talk about someone who is strong vs. powerful.
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Lateral Pelvic Tilt Correction Exercises
The lateral pelvic tilt is a postural deviation in which one side of your pelvis is tilted to your left or right, causing one side of your hip to appear higher than the opposite side.
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Examples of Flexibility Exercises
Flexibility refers to the range of motion in a muscle or joint that can help you improve movement and athletic performance. Different types of stretching exercises produce various results in how you move and perform. Some types relax your mind and body while others prepare you for movement.
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Exercises to Strengthen the Sacrum
Your sacrum is one of the most forgotten parts of your body; until something goes wrong. The sacrum is a triangular-shaped bone that forms the base of your spine and sits between the pelvic crests, or the ilium.
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The Best Way to Warm Up Before a Weight Lifting Workout
Warming up your body before a weightlifting session increases muscle and connective tissue elasticity, blood flow, body temperature and nervous system activity.
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How to Exercise Forearms Without Equipment
Your forearms consist of stabilizers and movers that work together with your hands, upper arms and shoulders. Stabilizers keep your wrists and elbows in place when you move, and movers flex and extend your hands and rotate your arms.
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Exercises to Stretch Tight Heel Cords
Your heel cords, or Achilles tendons, connect your lower calves to your heel bone and are made up of a strong, fibrous tissues that do not have much range of motion. Stretching your heel cords should improve their mobility without compromising their role to stabilize your joints.
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What Are the Treatments for Sore Hip Flexors?
Hip flexors are a group of muscles that attaches from your lower spine and upper pelvis to your groin and upper thighs. They can get sore from overuse due to exercise and hyperactivity. This causes the muscles and the connective tissues around the hip flexors to become sensitive, tight and inflamed.
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Hamstring Exercise Machines
Many gyms have a hamstring machine that fixes your body in one position while you perform leg flexion against a resistance.
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Exercises to Fix Your Winged Scapula
A winged scapula is a rare condition in which the shoulder blade protrudes from a personโs upper back in an abnormal position. The "wing" causes the shoulders to round forward and inhibits your ability to pull your shoulder blades together. It can inhibit your ability to lift, carry, pull and rotate your body.
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Hip Stretches and Myofascial Release
Stretching your hip muscles and joints decreases your risk of low back and knee pain, according to physical therapist Gray Cook, author of "Movement."
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Benefits of Dumbbell Lunges
Training your legs and abs with gym machines may get you bigger muscles, but machine-based training won't give you the function, strength, balance and athleticism that you need in many sports and daily activities.
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Exercises to Straighten the Leg
Exercises that straighten your leg at your hip and knee joints help increase stride length, loosen tight hamstrings and restore range of motion to an injured knee. They also increase hip and knee stability and mobility, according to physical therapist Gray Cook, author of "Athletic Body in Balance."
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Should You Stretch Before or After a Workout?
Some coaches, trainers and textbooks recommend stretching before and after your workout because it can help your performance and reduce the risk of injuries.
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