Athletic Endeavours Exercise Of The Month #1: Huge Latera

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Welcome to Athletic Endeavours "Exercise Of The Month". In this first instalment, we see Andrew performing what we descriptively call Huge Laterals, low to high, in variations from easy to hard. In the sequence, Andrew extends a dumbbell towards the floor and then raises it across the body to its highest point an arm's length above his head engaging joints and muscles of the elbow and shoulder.

There's a lot going on here. Let's have a look.

1. Attention engagement: Unlike non-functional training exercises, like those performed while sitting or lying on a machine, here your mind and senses are fully engaged in performing the movement. Just try to think of something else and you're on your ass on the floor.

2. Balance: Generally speaking, throughout the movement, at any level of difficulty, balance is challenged as the position of your body is constantly changing as the dumbbell arcs laterally and upwards.

3. Joints and muscle actions:

A. Ankle joint: The ankle joint remains slightly flexed for stability while the muscles of the lower leg, governing extension and flexion at the ankle, engage as balance demands.

B. Knee joint: The knee joint remains slightly flexed for stability. The knee extensors are engaged to the degree the knee bends and straightens while performing the exercise. More bending and straightening at the knee, the more the knee extensors, the quadriceps, are involved.

C. Hip joint:

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