Michael Maina, PhD, an associate professor of health and human performance at Roanoke College, in Virginia, recommends exercises to strengthen the minor muscle groups often overlooked in our fitness routines. We typically focus on the major muscles groups like the glutes and abs. Yet, the smaller muscles play just as important a role in keeping us injury free and feeling energetic, particularly for those of us over 40.
Having undergone physical therapy for a few injuries to my shoulder, hip and neck muscles, I can attest to how flexibility and strength training of these minor muscles can improve my ability to perform even simple daily tasks that we often take for granted.
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I am definitely guilty of overworking major muscle groups while ignoring the smaller groups. I always like the feeling I get after I work or stretch muscles I have forgotten about or didn't know I had. Great info! And the article is written with a sense of humor -- which I think may motivate some women to try incorporate more resistance training.
July 1, 2008 - 7:53amThis Comment