Tag: strength-training
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Soleus!
This post highlights the significance of training the soleus muscle, which has the highest percentage of slow-twitch fibers in the body. It emphasizes using low weight, high volume, and slow contractions for effective activation.
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Lats!
This Fitness-Tip Friday series focuses on muscles with fast-twitch or slow-twitch fibers for effective training. Emphasizing the latissimus dorsi, it highlights exercises to maximize growth and explores gender differences.
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Upper Traps!
The author is starting a new series on fiber-type training tips for specific muscles. The first tip focuses on training the upper traps with heavy, explosive movements for maximum growth.
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Underrated & Underworked Muscle #10: Quadratus Lumborum! (“QL”)
In this Fitness-Tip Friday mini-series, the quadratus lumborum is highlighted as an underrated and underworked muscle with crucial importance in preventing lower back pain and maintaining good posture. Work it along the lateral plane for optimal effectiveness.
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Underrated & Underworked Muscle #9: Teres Minor! (A Rotator Cuff Muscle)
The Fitness-Tip Friday series highlights underrated muscles like the teres minor, crucial for shoulder health and upper body strength. Neglecting it can lead to imbalances and injury. Don’t overlook it in your workout routine.
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Underrated & Underworked Muscle #8: The Infraspinatus! (A Rotator Cuff Muscle)
The author is emphasizing overlooked muscles in their Fitness-Tip Friday series, highlighting the importance of the infraspinatus for shoulder and upper body development, and providing advice on how to train it effectively.
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Underrated & Underworked Muscle #8: Gluteus Medius!
The fitness tip series highlights the importance of the often overlooked gluteus medius. Strong gluteus medius muscles are crucial for stability, injury prevention, and running performance. Training it with hip abduction and external rotation exercises is essential.
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How to DOUBLE Your Fat Metabolism Rate Working 1 Muscle!! (Underrated & Underworked Muscle #7: The Soleus)
The Fitness-Tip Friday mini-series is highlighting the underrated soleus muscle, revealing its significant metabolic benefits and proposing specific exercises for targeted activation and strength enhancement.
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Underrated & Underworked Muscle #5: The Erector Spinae (DON’T Always Train With a Straight Back!)
The Fitness-Tip Friday mini-series highlights underrated muscles for overall importance. This week, the erector spinae is discussed, stressing the importance of its concentric and eccentric exercises like the Jefferson Curl.
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Underrated & Underworked Muscle #4: The Sartorius!
The Fitness-Tip Friday series highlights underrated muscles. This week’s focus is on the sartorius, the body’s longest muscle, crucial for various movements and hip/pelvic stability. Engage it with combo exercises for optimal results.
Dr. Gains 