tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-53956364238386047862011-08-18T16:37:00.008+02:002011-08-19T08:54:31.208+02:00SuppVersity EMG Series - M. Deltoideus, M. Infraspinatus, Supraspinatus and Teres Minor: The Very Best Exercises for Broad Shoulders and Capped Delts
Image 1: The muscles of the deltoids (red) on the
front (left) and back (right) of the body and the rotator cuff (violett), the group of muscles
and tendons that stabilize the shoulder.
I don't know about you, but somehow I feel sad that this is already the last installment of the SuppVersity EMG Series. While it certainly was a hell lot of work to compile all the information, I am very Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85827550229688584862011-08-11T15:31:00.005+02:002011-08-19T09:13:04.472+02:00SuppVersity EMG Series - M. Triceps Brachii: The Best Exercises to Get That Horseshoe Look on Your Triceps
Image 1: The m. triceps brachii.
As if you did not know where to
find your "horseshoes" ;-)
After last week's issue on leg training, devoting a whole issue of the SuppVersity EMG Series to a three headed muscle of your upper arm appears kind of unthrifty... well, maybe we should say "extravagant" and thus acknowledge that a well-built triceps unquestionably contributes to the muscular, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-18710716857772606202011-08-04T16:42:00.012+02:002011-08-19T08:46:19.417+02:00SuppVersity EMG Series - Gluteus maximus, Quadriceps femoris, Gastrocnemius, Soleus & More: The Very Best Exercises for Tree-Trunk Legs and Herculean CalvesActually, it would make as much sense to split this part of the SuppVersity EMG Series in two, if not three individual analyses, as it would to split your leg workout over two if not three days. In practice, however, most trainees go through the grueling torture of the dreaded "leg day", just once a week and thus I will mirror this practice by writing a similarly gruelingly long blogpost on the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74483389051084712112011-07-28T16:33:00.022+02:002011-08-19T09:08:28.312+02:00SuppVersity EMG Series - Rectus Abdominis, Obliques and Erector Spinae: The Very Best Exercises For Sixpack Abs and a Powerful Midsection
Image 1: There is more to a strong core than just the m. rectus abdominis aka 'the abs' (red); its imperative to train your obliques (blue) and the muscle strands of the erector spinae muscles which stabilize your spine (violette)
"6 weeks to 6-pack abs" - although we all know that this is unattainable for the majoritity of beer-bellied casual Men's Health reader, headlines like that Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-39723822454412408822011-07-21T17:34:00.008+02:002011-11-16T14:22:59.720+01:00SuppVersity EMG Series - Latissimus, Trapezius & More: The Very Best Exercises for Back Width & Thickness
Image 1: The major muscle groups
of the back - trapezius (red)
and
latissimus dorsi (green)
In this issue of the SuppVersity EMG Series, we are going to tackle three instead of one muscle groups, ...
the trapezius (image 1, red) and the rhomboidei (image 1, blue), of which the former, i.e. the "traps", which covers the rhomboids that connect the scapula with the vertebrae of the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-81595193288336431252011-07-14T16:13:00.015+02:002011-08-19T08:58:37.088+02:00SuppVersity EMG Series - Biceps Brachii: The Very Best Exercises for Sleeve Bursting Biceps
Image 1: The biceps brachii attaches
directly to the shoulder joint
(Användare:Chriz @ Wikipedia)
As its name already implies, the bi-ceps (lat. for "two-heads") brachii is made up of two muscle strands, both of which attach to different parts of the shoulder joint:
the caput longum (long head), which attaches to the tuberculum supraglenoidale scapulae and facilitates Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-58856380105365123702011-07-07T07:18:00.020+02:002011-08-19T08:16:57.470+02:00SuppVersity EMG Series - Musculus Pectoralis Major: The Very Best Exercises for a Chiseled Chest
Image 1: The pectoralis major.
(Avandäre:Chrizz @ Wikipedia)
I don't know about you, but about everyone I know (myself included) has, at some point in his/her life, dwelled on thoughts somewhere on the continuum from "Damn, my chest looks flabby!" to "Hell, I got a chest like a chicken". In case you didn't this column probably won't interest you. Otherwise I highly suggest that you read on to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com