However, push-ups also heavily target the pectoralis major, while bench dips focus more on the latissimus dorsi, anterior deltoid, and lower trapezius. Both exercises make nice additions to a well ...

Scapular retractions with resistance bands do a good job at activating rhomboids and middle trapezius muscles. These are ...

Mostly, the shoulder press works the anterior and lateral deltoids. Trapezius. ... The serratus anterior is a fan-shaped muscle that spans from the first to the eighth rib, ...

The primary muscle used for this exercise is the anterior part of the deltoid. The other parts of the deltoid are also worked, along with the serratus anterior, trapezius, pectoralis major, and ...

The seated overhead press builds strength and muscle in the shoulders, hitting the anterior and lateral deltoids, pectoral muscles and triceps. Your core and trapezius will be active during this ...

When the deep stabilizing muscles of the shoulder, such as the lower trapezius, serratus anterior and rotator cuff, aren’t firing properly, larger muscles such as the upper trapezius (located at ...

Objective: To evaluate muscle activation patterns in selected scapulohumeral muscles in the tennis serve. These patterns of muscle activation have not been evaluated in other studies of the tennis ...

The trapezius gets its name because the muscle resembles a trapezoid. (In case you forgot high school geometry—no shade, this applies to us too—that’s a shape with four sides, two of which ...

Objectives: To determine if the muscle force and electromyographic activity in the scapular rotators of overhead athletes with impingement symptoms showed differences between the injured and ...