Complex Event Analysis - Report
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All the sitting we're doing at home could be making things worse.
The first thing to do if you're starting or resuming strength training, says Stanforth, a 60-year-old personal trainer and "avid athlete," is to target major muscle groups, especially the glutes and back.
"Glutes are tremendously important, because they activate the 'rear chain'of the body and can produce a lot of power for movement," Stanforth says.To strengthen those muscles, Stanforth says squats, rows and leg presses are all good, because they engage the core and require movement in multiple joints.
She advises strengthening front-facing muscles (chest, abs, biceps and quadriceps, for example), but also devoting extra time to stretching them because of how tight they become in our daily, deskbound livesMomentum supporting factors
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