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gluteus, glutaeus any one of the three large muscles that form the human buttock and move the thigh, esp the gluteus maximus How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Step 3: Exhale and begin to rise up, squeezing your inner thigh and gluteal muscles together, while lowering the weighted bar back to its starting position in front of the body, arms straight. Because there are often more jumps and turns, says Marika Molnar, founder of Westside Dance Physical Therapy in New York, the gluteal muscles get more of a workout and the spinal column gets more compression from the high landings. In addition, clinical experience has shown that they have the same disadvantage as manometers, in that the force measured by the dynamometer also can be affected by intra-abdominal pressure rises or contractions of other muscle groups such as the adductor or gluteal muscles. |
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