Jumat, 13 Agustus 2010

Which is The Single Exercise we ALL Should Do For All-Round Gluteal Conditioning…?

Strength per se is not enough for peak, injury-free athletic performance. What’s often required in strength in specific positions and movements.
Sometimes this is less about the maximum weight the athlete can lift, and more about the ability to recruit muscles to perform a specific function during a sporting movement.
So while athletes may have good gluteal strength when performing an exercise such as the squat or leg press, they may be unable to use their gluteus mamimus, medius and minimus muscles to stabilise the hip effectively in an extended position with the pelvis held in neutral.
This position – which is referred to as the ‘inner range’ –is crucial for athletes involved in running sports, because the gluteals support the upright position of the trunk, and help maintain the pelvis and lumbar spine in neutral.
If an athlete cannot maintain an upright trunk or has a lordotic position (pelvis tilted down at the front) while running, this is in effect the same as flexing the hip. A lack of inner-range strength in the gluteals can place greater strain on the lower back, or affect the biomechanics of the lower limbs, increasing the risk of injury.
What many athletes and coaches don’t realise is that a variation in gluteal strength depending on position is common in athletes, and is an example of how the gluteals need to be able to act as either a prime mover or a stabiliser, depending on the task.
It is common in athletes for the gluteal muscles to become lengthened (chronically stretched), thus reducing the tension in the range around hip extension. This undermines athletic performance – and makes them more prone to injury as well.
The good news for athletes with already-full training and conditioning schedules is that in Unbeatable Buttocks - for injury-free performance we identify the one, essential exercise that EVERY athlete should do to strengthen ALL the gluteal muscles – assuming their sport involves any degree of running.
We tell you how to perform this exercise correctly (NB: there are six elements of technique you need to watch out for…), what number of reps are necessary -- and, crucially, how you will know when you have developed the requisite gluteal strength.
Frankly, this chapter alone is worth more than the price of the whole report. Just consider how much injury-time you’re likely to avoid as consequence of performing this one exercise!

referensi :http://www.pponline.co.uk/prewp/solus/sp-buttocksAresend.html

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