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The standard pull-down motion is a compound movement that requires dynamic work by muscles surrounding the three joints which move during the exercise. These are the elbow in conjunction with the glenohumeral and scapulothoracic joints in the shoulder girdle.
Build muscle, size, strength, and athleticism (and add flexibility too) with these 30 expert resistance band exercises. ... Pull the elbow down and back, contracting the shoulder blade as you pull ...
Compound exercises for the 'lats' typically involve elbow flexion and tend to recruit the biceps brachii, brachialis, and brachioradialis for this function. Depending on the line of pull, the trapezius muscles can be recruited as well; horizontal pulling motions such as rows recruit both latissimus dorsi and trapezius heavily.
Pull the elbow down so that your elbow points toward the ceiling and your right forearm dangles down behind your head. Feel a stretch in your right tricep, and then switch sides. Standing lunge
Now bend the arms at the elbow, bringing the bar down close to the top of the forehead. Keep the elbows in the same position, do not let them sway outward. Press back up to starting 10 o’clock position. Try to avoid moving your elbows too much; [4] try to keep them the same width apart during the whole movement.
Muscles Worked: A plank is a full-body exercise, but specifically, it works your transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis (aka the six-pack), internal and external obliques and scapular (shoulder ...
Muscle activation is significantly different depending on whether the pull-up is completed individually or in a set without resting between repetitions, which is more efficient due to muscle and tendon stretch-shortening rebound. [8] Overhead movements such as pull-ups reduce the subacromial space and create a risk of shoulder impingement ...
The upright row is performed while standing, holding a weight hanging down in the hands, by lifting it straight up to the collarbone. This is a compound exercise that also involves the trapezius, upper back, forearms, triceps, and the biceps. The narrower the grip the more the trapezius muscles are exercised.