Hey y’all,
Ive heard from several places it’s important to train the muscles/joints in the opposing movements. For example, for a horizontal push like bench, you want to have a horizontal pull like rows and face pulls to even out the muscles and prevent imbalances that can ultimately lead to numerous issues, including injury.
Now that I think about it, there’s lots of areas that most people only train 1 side and not the other. Grip we train flexion (closing hand) and not extension (opening hand) (which I’ve heard can help carpal tunnel syndrome). Calfs we train flexion (during running or calf raises) but not extension (tibia, the shin muscle) (which apparently helps quite a bit with shin splints).
Then there’s places with small muscle groups that most of us don’t really train at all, like neck, face, wrists, etc.
I wouldn’t assume you’d train these small muscle groups and antagonist muscle groups very much, just a little after a warm up or something to try and prevent these muscles from really lagging behind and develop substantial imbalances.
After all, a big reason a lot of people workout is to be functional and fit.
Anyone come across someone who talks about this or have any of your own thoughts?
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