Monday, December 5, 2011

The Posterior Chain

 Hey everyone!
Have you ever had knee, lower back, plantar fasciitis, or neck problems?  More than likely you or someone you know have had at least one of these issues before.  If so you might want to look into strengthening your posterior chain.  The posterior chain is all muscles that are on the backside of the body (calves, hamstrings, glutes, all back and neck muscles)  Often these are neglected especially in the lower part of the body.  A couple of exercises to help strengthen are: (ask your trainer or me to demonstrate in person)
Calve raises
Hamstring Bridges
Supermans
Back extensions
and most importantly massages on the back and legs.
If your muscles are not loose they will be tight and bunched up causing issues with flexibility which then causes other muscles to overwork and then that's when problems occur.  There are plenty more exercises to help, just ask your trainer, the ones I gave are very basic and can be done without weights.
Happy training!
Kenny Pierce

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