DO NOT FORGET TO TRAIN THE 'NON IMPORTANT MUSCLES' ???

HEY EVERYONE,

I HAVE BEEN BUSY LATELY, SO THATS WHY I COULD NOT WRITE ANYTHING. I KNOW THAT I PROMISE A TRAINING VIDEO, BUT IT SEEMS THAT ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO AT THE MOMENT. I PORMISE I WILL HAVE IT IN MIND.

INDIVIDUALS THAT RESISTANCE TRAIN FOR ANY REASON TEND TO FORGET TO TRAIN THE 'NON IMPORTANT MUSCLES'. NEGLECTING THESE EQUALLY IMPORTANT MUSCLES; YET IMBALANCES CAN BE CREATED ACCOMPANIED WITH SOME PAIN ISSUES.

THESE 'NON IMPORTANT MUSCLES ARE THE:

• THE PSOAS AND ILLIACUS THAT TEND TO LIFT THE THIGH AT 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE. WEAK PSOAS CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS ON THE KNEE AND KNEE JOINT. YOU CAN SIMPLY ACTIVATE THESE MUCLES BY PERFORMING THE BRACING TECHNIQUE, AND YOU CAN ACTIVATE THESE MUSCLE FURTHER WITH THE FLOOR BICYCLE EXERCISE WERE YOU ALTERNATELY CYCLE YOUR THIGHS OFF THE FLOOR.

• THE ADDUCTOR GROUP MUSCLES ARE THE INNER THIGH MUSCLES. WEAK ADDUCTORS CAN ALSO CREATE PROBLEMS AT THE KNEE AND HIP JOINT. YOU CAN EASILY TRAIN THESE MUSCLES BY PERFORMING THE ADDUCTOR MACHINE OR SQUEEZE A MEDICINE BALL ISOMETRICALLY BETWEEN THE KNEES.

• SHOULDER MUSCLES SPECIFICALLY INFRASPINATUS, SUPSCAPULARIS AND SCAPULA MUSCLES WHICH SIMPLY THE MUSCLES/ TENDONS AROUND THE SHOULDER AND MID- THORACIC AREA. WEAK SHOULDER MUSCLES/ TENDONS CAN INTERFERE WITH SHOULDER HEALTH. SPECIFICALLY THE SCAPULA MUSCLES IF NOT TRAINED FOR A LONG PERIOD AND SITTED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME CAN CREATE A KYPHOTIC POSTURE. YOU CAN EASILY TRAIN THESE MUSCLES WITH CHIN- UP AND PULL-UP EXERCISES.

IT IS VITAL TO STRETCH THESE MUSCLES ALSO AFTER YOU WORKED THEM OUT.

THIS IS THE TRAINING TIP FOR THIS WEEK FOR A HEALTHIER RESISTANCE TRAINING BODY. MAKE SURE YOU GIVE EMPHASIS IN THESE SPECIFIC MUSCLES TO AVOID ANY IMBALANCE/ PAIN ISSUES. I'M OUT.......

NUTRITIONAL TIP FOR WATER!

AS YOU ALL KNOW KEEPING HYRATED DURING THE DAY IS VITAL. OUR BODY IS 70 % WATER. WATER IS THE MOST ERGOGENIC AID FOR ANY ATHLETE. TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH WATER IS HARMFUL FOR YOUR BODY, SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AS A GENERAL RECOMMENDATION UNTRAIN INDIVIDUALS IS GOOD TO DRINK 2 LITERS OF WATER, 3 LITTERS FOR ATHLETES AND MAYBE 4 LITERS OR MORE TO THOSE WHO EXERCISE IN HEAT. MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU CONSUME ANY DEHYDRATING PRODUCTS SUCH AS COFFEE, SOFT DRINKS OR TEA YOUR WATER CONSUMPTION NEEDS TO INCREASE. FURTHERMORE, IT IS WISE TO DRINK WATER IN SMALL INCREMENTS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FOODS THAT YOU DAILY CONSUME CONSIST OF WATER. SOME FOODS THAT CONSIST HIGH PERCENTAGE WATER IN THEM ARE:

• APPLES
• BEAN SPROUTS
• CABBAGE
• CELERY
• CHERRIES
• CUCUMBER
• LETTUCE
• SPAGETTI
• OKRA
• GREEN PEPPERS
• TOMATOES
• BROILED CHICKEN
• SPINACH

THESE FOODS CAN ADD UP TO YOUR HYDRATION STATUS.

EAT FOODS THAT HAVE HIGH WATER CONTENT SUCH AS SALADS BEFORE MEAL, CAN MAKE YOU FULL, SO LESS CALORIES ARE CONSUMED. MAKE SURE YOU START YOUR DAY BY DRINKING A GLASS OR 2 OF WATER TO GET YOUR HYDRATION STATUS GOING AND IT HELPS DECREASE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS ALSO.

HMMM...MAYBE NEXT TIME I WILL POST ONE OF ME FAVORITE WORKOUTS IN VIDEO!

I'M OUT...