The Quantification of Muscle Activation During the Loaded Carry Movement Pattern.

The 'loaded carry' is a popular resistance training activity that activates core musculature across multiple movement planes while the body is in locomotion. 'Hold' exercises are similar to carry exercises but lack the locomotive aspect. Both carry and hold exercises can be completed bilaterally (farmer's carry (FC) and hold (FH)) or unilaterally (suitcase carry (SC) and hold (SH)).

A Comparison of Muscle Recruitment Across Three Straight-Legged, Hinge-Pattern Resistance Training Exercises.

Hinge exercises are critical to building a balanced resistance training program in concert with 'knee-dominant' (e.g., squat, lunge) exercises.

Stability of Resistance Training Implement alters EMG Activity during the Overhead Press.

Kettlebells often replace dumbbells during common resistance training exercises such as the overhead press. When performing an overhead press, the center of mass of a dumbbell is in line with the glenohumeral joint. In comparison, the center of mass of the kettlebell is posterior to the glenohumeral joint.

Unanticipated ankle inversions are significantly different from anticipated ankle inversions during drop landings: overcoming anticipation bias.

Few ankle inversion studies have taken anticipation bias into account or collected data with an experimental design that mimics actual injury mechanisms. Twenty-three participants performed randomized single-leg vertical drop landings from 20 cm. Subjects were blinded to the landing surface (a flat force plate or 30° inversion wedge on the force plate).