This week GM-Fitness is talking Back Muscles!

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Last week we discussed The Shoulder! This week We want to talk about the Back..



Did you know  the back serves to:

1. Support the body. Therefore, it must be solid.
2.  
3. Allow movement. Therefore, it should be flexible.
4.  
5. Contribute to maintaining a stable center of gravity at rest and, especially, when in motion.
6.  
7. Protect the spinal cord with a bony encasement.

The back must be solid in orden to support the body. It is composed of very sturdy bones and powerful muscles.

The spine must be flexible to allow for movement. This is why it is not composed of one solid bone, but 33 separate vertebrae, which are set one on top of the other and connected by a system of muscles and ligaments.

In order to maintain a stable center of gravity, back muscles should be strong so they may act as a counterweight and able to contract in order to compensate for body movements.

To protect the spinal cord, vertebrae have a special shape, with a foramen or canal to house the cord.

The spine

Thirty three vertebrae form the human spine


Lets Now talk Muscles........

 There are an array of large and small back muscles in your body, but the most worked are the trapezius, latissimus dorsi and rhomboids. Keeping these muscles flexible and in shape is essential to fluid, pain-free movement. Working your Latissimus Dorsi which runs from your arm pit downwards will in time give you a great overall v shape.. Which is a wide upper back small waist..

 There are over 640 muscles in the human body with the back roughly Having 56 muscles...

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You have:

The superficial extrinsic back muscles of
Trapezius
Rhomboid major and minor
Levator scapulae
Latissimus dorsi

The intermediate extrinsic back muscles of
Serratus posterior superior
Serratus posterior inferior (sometimes grouped together as serratus posterior)

The superficial intrinsic back muscles of
Splenius cervicis
Splenius capitis

The intermediate intrinsic back muscles of
Iliocostalis
Longissimus
Spinalis
These are sometimes collectively referred to as Erector Spinae

The deep intrinsic back muscles get more complicated
Transversospinalis is technically a group of muscles, made of the following:
Semispinalis
Multifidus
Rotatores

However, the semispinalis muscle can be further divided into three parts according to the superior parts of attachments as
Semispinalis capitis
Semispinalis thoracis
Semispinalis cervicis

The deep intrinsic layer of muscles continues with
Interspinales
Intertransversarii
Levatores costarum, none of which are considered part of transversospinalis

But some muscles are in the back but have effects elsewhere and so are considered muscles *OF* the back, even though they are muscles *IN* the back (some of them only partially).

Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis (these are the rotator cuff muscles that are around the scapula in the back)

Teres minor
Deltoid
Psoas major
Quadratus lumborum

Read more: How many muscles in human back | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/303547#ixzz2CmFvCVXl

You have:

The superficial extrinsic back muscles of
Trapezius
Rhomboid major and minor
Levator scapulae
Latissimus dorsi

The intermediate extrinsic back muscles of
Serratus posterior superior
Serratus posterior inferior (sometimes grouped together as serratus posterior)

The superficial intrinsic back muscles of
Splenius cervicis
Splenius capitis

The intermediate intrinsic back muscles of
Iliocostalis
Longissimus
Spinalis
These are sometimes collectively referred to as Erector Spinae

The deep intrinsic back muscles get more complicated
Transversospinalis is technically a group of muscles, made of the following:
Semispinalis
Multifidus
Rotatores

However, the semispinalis muscle can be further divided into three parts according to the superior parts of attachments as
Semispinalis capitis
Semispinalis thoracis
Semispinalis cervicis

The deep intrinsic layer of muscles continues with
Interspinales
Intertransversarii
Levatores costarum, none of which are considered part of transversospinalis

But some muscles are in the back but have effects elsewhere and so are considered muscles *OF* the back, even though they are muscles *IN* the back (some of them only partially).

Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis (these are the rotator cuff muscles that are around the scapula in the back)

Teres minor
Deltoid
Psoas major
Quadratus lumborum

So, since it depends on how you count them, and because these are paired (i.e. one on the left and another on the right) you could have up to 56 muscle
Read more: How many muscles in human back | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/303547#ixzz2CmE4xPqR

You have:

The superficial extrinsic back muscles of
Trapezius
Rhomboid major and minor
Levator scapulae
Latissimus dorsi

The intermediate extrinsic back muscles of
Serratus posterior superior
Serratus posterior inferior (sometimes grouped together as serratus posterior)

The superficial intrinsic back muscles of
Splenius cervicis
Splenius capitis

The intermediate intrinsic back muscles of
Iliocostalis
Longissimus
Spinalis
These are sometimes collectively referred to as Erector Spinae

The deep intrinsic back muscles get more complicated
Transversospinalis is technically a group of muscles, made of the following:
Semispinalis
Multifidus
Rotatores

However, the semispinalis muscle can be further divided into three parts according to the superior parts of attachments as
Semispinalis capitis
Semispinalis thoracis
Semispinalis cervicis

The deep intrinsic layer of muscles continues with
Interspinales
Intertransversarii
Levatores costarum, none of which are considered part of transversospinalis

But some muscles are in the back but have effects elsewhere and so are considered muscles *OF* the back, even though they are muscles *IN* the back (some of them only partially).

Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis (these are the rotator cuff muscles that are around the scapula in the back)

Teres minor
Deltoid
Psoas major
Quadratus lumbor
So, since it depends on how you count them, and because these are paired (i.e. one on the left and another on the right) you could have up to 56 muscles in
Read more: How many muscles in human back | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/303547#ixzz2CmE4xP

The Shoulder / The Tear Drop By GM-Fitness

Did you Know The shoulder is one of the most sophisticated and complicated joints of the body:

• It has the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body with complete global movement allowing you to position the hand anywhere in space.  

• The coordinated activity of numerous muscles working together in set patterns is required to produce this motion 

• It is made up of FOUR joints and FIVE linked bone groups which are related and work together. 

• To allow so much movement the joints need to be 'free' to move, therefore the shoulder should be 'unstable' compared to other joints of the body; However a series of complex ligaments and muscle keep it in joint. 

Because the shoulder is such a unique joint it is also prone to particular problems. In fact it would be more correct to call it the SHOULDER COMPLEX. 

Lets Talk Rota tor Cuff, So many injuries occur due to weak inner muscles!

The rotator cuff is made up of four muscles. These individual muscles combine at the shoulder to form a thick "cuff" over this joint. The rotator cuff has the important job of stabilizing the shoulder as well as elevating and rotating the arm. Each muscle originates on the shoulder blade, or scapula, and inserts on the arm bone, or humerus.

The Four Muscles:

The four muscles that form the rotator cuff are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. Often the mnemonic S.I.T.S is used to help remember the muscles that make up the rotator cuff.

 

The Shoulder Muscle it self is called the Deltoid

• a thick tear drop muscle covering the shoulder joint 
   
• each of the three parts of a deltoid muscle Are...
   
   
  

  The anterior Deltoid     Front Of Shoulder

          The posterior Deltoid   Back of Shoulder

 

         The lateral Deltoid   Middle Of Shoulder

 

  GM-Fitness Believe it is really important to work all heads of the deltoid as well as the rotar cuff. Its very common to see people with big Frontal shoulders, But alot of people who train neglect 2 of the deltioid heads, This maybe due to not understanding how the shoulder works or because some people are only interested in the vanity side of building muscle. When one head of the shoulder is to overworked we get what is known as a muscle imbalance, Which could cause an injury.. At the same time it will not look right as over pronounced frontal shoulders will make someone appear very rounded in the shoulders which results in bad posture!


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Why are so many things Miss leading?

Afternoon All. Mel from GM-Fitness here.

Today My blog is more about asking questions and Talking alittle about Miss leading Advertising..

We Had our First Nutrition talk on Monday At Bikini Fitness, Which went well considering our power point had crashed, The interesting thing is peoples thoughts on what is a clean/ healthy diet..With The media and magazines selling Fad diets 2 week detoxes its no wonder people get confused with what is healthy and what is not!

Does it not annoy you that most things you read or see are far from the truth?

Take photos.... How many pictures in magazines are touched up or enhanced to look better than they really are?  Photo Shop  Who out there is doing this?  I bet at least one person who is reading it has!

What About food?  What do you think of when I say the word Food? what is the first thing that springs to mind? And Why?

We live in a modern Society right!  So would you not think that Nutrition would be taught to children..Instead the marketing campaigns do wonders to sell junk food From Adverts on the tv to shops making out certain foods are healthy when in fact.. Yet again another miss Leading advert..

What are your views?

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