What are the Hip Extensor Muscles, and why are they Vital?
Whether you're a football player, powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, CrossFit athlete, runner or just an everyday athlete, the importance of your hip extensor muscles which include the Gluteus maximus, Biceps Femoris (Long Head), Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus functioning correctly cannot be overstated. The hip extenders are essential for your body to work at its optimum and for preventing the build-up of chronic injury to your back and hip.
Do I Have Rhabdomyolysis?
If you’re wondering if you have Rhabdomyolysis, you need to check if you have any signs and symptoms of the condition. These include, muscle pain and weakness, specifically difficulty straightening the arms from the elbows, or delayed onset muscle soreness that is more than normal after a workout. Check your urine, One of the hallmark signs of rhabdomyolysis is dark, reddish-brown or tea-coloured urine. This discolouration is due to the presence of myoglobin in the urine.
Affected muscles may become swollen, tender, and painful to the touch. Fatigue and a feeling of overall weakness can accompany rhabdomyolysis, often making it difficult to perform everyday activities. This is a big sign that something is wrong, as usually the patient notices a sudden drop in energy levels.
What is the Most Common Wrist Injury from Weight lifting?
What is the most common Wrist Injury from lifting you ask? Maybe you’ve been suffering through some recent workouts with wrist pain that’s come from nowhere and limited your ability to catch weight or hold weight in the front rack position, use a kettlebell, do an overhead squat or a handstand hold? Well, let us help you work out what might be happening with your wrist.
Why you Continue to Lose Members at your Gym
I’m constantly reading up on articles written here and overseas on various topics, such as ‘inexperienced coaches will injure athletes, ‘gyms are too close to each other, ‘membership costs need to be reflective of value’ ect
Whilst this is true, the main issue I see with gyms today is that they don’t realise that once you’ve committed yourself to being in the health and fitness profession, it’s your responsibility to look after new members like they’re your family.
Poor Movement Patterns exist only in your Brain
Poor movement can exist anywhere in the body. Poor movement patterns exist only in the brain.
The Initial assumption of pain and motor control stemmed from basic inhibition (e.g. knee joint inflammation causing inhibition of the Inner Quad VMO muscle). When pain exists, you can occasionally get an increase in muscle activation (high threshold strategy) depending on the given role of the muscle (agonist or antagonist).
