According to various sources, you get an imbalance between the hip extensor muscles (gluteals and hamstrings) and the hip flexor muscles (iliopsoas, pectineus and rectus femoris of the quadriceps group) from running. According to these running specialists, weak gluteals and hamstrings do not allow you to “swing through” your stride. The hip flexors are then […]
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It is not uncommon to read that inflexible (tight) leg muscles can put strain on your back and create other problems. Many doctors and physical therapists bring out that runners who come them with back pain usually have tight hamstrings. But what are tight hamstrings? This is never defined or explained — at least as
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When trying to evaluate the validity of many research studies it is not uncommon to find articles dealing with exercises for athletes in specific sports. If they are training articles, they typically deal with exercises or training routines that are used with athletes in a certain sport. Usually ignored is the effectiveness of these exercises
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It’s getting hard to read an article today without reading that the stabilizer muscles must be strong enough in order for the movement to be executed effectively. These stabilizer muscles are so important that you must do supplementary exercises to strengthen them. According to the “experts” these stabilizer muscles are the key to success in
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In parts I, II, III and IV I presented the fact that it is impossible to see what occurs in execution of a sport skill, in the power phase, the most critical phase for success in skill execution. In addition, most coaches do not have the backgrounds needed to understand what takes place, or should
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