I am about to start a masters by research looking at VMO activation so if anyone who has any ideas or exercises they have found particularly effective I'd be interested to hear them.
I would be interested to see what your results are. At work we were speaking about VMO activation today as an athlete has differences from left to right. This maybe due to the sport but not sure.
We are likely to be testing EMG and isokinetic data. If I find out any excellent activation exercises, will let you know.
To be honest most stuff so far looks at external rotation of the foot, however I guess sooner or later someone will do some fancy biomechanics and highlight hip or knee problems with rotation. I have some different ideas but they are very theoretical so will wait til I have thought them through.
One factor thats unavoidable though seems to be hamstring length, as the whole vastus group really comes into its own during the final stages of extension, tight hamsrings can seriously delay vastus development.
I'll let you know if come accross anything fancy, and will bvioulsy be very gratefull for anything you find.
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VMO Activation
Hey all.
I am about to start a masters by research looking at VMO activation so if anyone who has any ideas or exercises they have found particularly effective I'd be interested to hear them.
Thanks for all help
Dan
The most effective movement for VMO activation is:
I would be interested to see what your results are. At work we were speaking about VMO activation today as an athlete has differences from left to right. This maybe due to the sport but not sure.
We are likely to be testing EMG and isokinetic data. If I find out any excellent activation exercises, will let you know.
The most effective movement for VMO activation is:
To be honest most stuff so far looks at external rotation of the foot, however I guess sooner or later someone will do some fancy biomechanics and highlight hip or knee problems with rotation. I have some different ideas but they are very theoretical so will wait til I have thought them through.
One factor thats unavoidable though seems to be hamstring length, as the whole vastus group really comes into its own during the final stages of extension, tight hamsrings can seriously delay vastus development.
I'll let you know if come accross anything fancy, and will bvioulsy be very gratefull for anything you find.
Thanks
Dan
The most effective movement for VMO activation is:
The peterson Step up.... May be spelt Pieterson.