4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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0:00.0 | Well, hey there, I'm so glad you're here today because we are going to be talking about muscle activation. |
0:05.9 | Muscle activation is a key factor in improving your strength, adding muscle, seeing more definition, having more functionality from stronger |
0:16.7 | gains in your strength, and so much more. |
0:20.1 | When I used to train clients in person, one of the most common things people would say to me is, |
0:24.0 | where am I supposed to be feeling this, or I can't feel this in the muscle I am working. |
0:30.6 | For example, I can't feel this squat at all in my glute. And while we're going to be focusing |
0:36.0 | on the glutes today because that is a really common one people have a hard time turning on, this |
0:41.2 | can happen in many, many different muscles. It can happen in your quads, it can happen in your back, it can happen all over, but I'm going to be focusing a little bit more on the glute, but I want you to think about you and what muscles are overcompensating or what |
0:55.7 | muscles might have some weak muscle activation and how you can improve it which is going |
1:01.6 | to honestly improve your strength, improve your truly just gives you freedom when you have more functionality. |
1:12.8 | I also want to give a quick shout out to Jasmine Jean for her podcast review. |
1:17.1 | I have been following Andrea for a while and recently started listening to her podcast |
1:20.8 | and I could not love her more. |
1:22.4 | I swear each time I listen she says |
1:24.4 | something I've been thinking of or need to hear. Also who needs a studio |
1:27.8 | when you have a closet that works so perfectly? Thank you Jasmine Gene you |
1:31.4 | you're right. Who needs a studio when you can just go in your closet is exactly right? |
1:35.0 | And it's a perfect example of how we overcomplicate things and think, oh, I have to have this perfect setup to make something work. |
1:42.0 | Nope, make work what you have. |
1:44.2 | It's gonna make you more effective |
1:45.6 | and you're gonna be happy you started. |
1:47.6 | Thank you so much for that review. |
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