Comments on: Muscle Imbalances

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:19:37 +0000

Hey matt,

A whole lot of Isolation exercises for my butt, on both sides.

Bridges
Clams
Supermans
total hip extension machine

All of these basically, all the time

http://stronglifts.com/how-to-optimize-posterior-chain-power-glute-activation/

oh and a lot of hip flexor stretching

the hard bit for me is transitioning it into volleyball movements, I am still working on this.

Cheers

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:41:54 +0000

Lauren?

How did your fix your glute problem? I am going through the same thing–left glute weak, right IT-band tight.

Thanks.

By: steve bickel (Yoga Video DVD dude)

steve bickel (Yoga Video DVD dude) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:04:43 +0000

Hi,

I exercise so much that my muscle imbalances required that I do far deeper stretches than my “normal” after exercise stretches. Experimenting with deep stretching, especially in the hips and shoulders, takes a lot of time becuase the muscles can be so tight , but the wait is well worth it.

Yoga Video and DVD Dude at MyYogaVideo.com

Steve

By: fatbastard

fatbastard — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:36:23 +0000

Great article. I’ve noticed since using the Wii Fit that I’m far more out of balance than I knew. I’m thinking that has a lot to do with my knee issues when I ran (that and the extra weight).

Thanks!

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:27:02 +0000

Great post – I really needed this info. For some reason every problem I have (glute activation, muscle imbalance, dodgy knees!) there is always a fix for it here

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:51:45 +0000

You can do a lot of stretching work through the tight side…obliques, glutes etc, and do some more oblique work through the lengthened side. Side Prone Holds are good. Do both sides, but do the lengthened side once more each session.

It may not be a result of this, it could just be you have one leg longer than the other.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:21:16 +0000

I’m the same as Jonathan and always thought it was overpronation.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:10:41 +0000

Good stuff. I have 1 hip higher then the other–what excercise do you recommend?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:19 +0000

yep was reading it, otherwise I forget what I want to say…and no, wasn’t bored of it, I just tend to speak fast! I’ll slow down.

By: Big Al

Big Al — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:37:29 +0000

Great information Lauren, thanks for this post. Some constructive critisism about the video post: slow down! You’re clearly reading it, which is totally fine, but you’re rushing to get through it! No doubt you’ve read through it many times to make sure it sounds right and are probably bored of it!

Think of it like an exercise – keep good form all the way through