Antagonist Muscle Puns

Is there an antagonist muscle for sphincter? Weird question, I know. But I can't find any information on Google.

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Other than the Quads and the tibialis what other muscles are antagonist's muscles

So guys now that once again the climbing gym is closed (i'm from italy) I've started to train again at home, while I was writing down my workout I wondered if it's better to dedicate one session to the agonist muscles and one session to the antagonist/stabilizer ones, or to have one big session where you workout everything.

For now, since the gyms are closed I will probably give each muscles gruop their own workout, while when the gyms reopens I think I will focus more on climbing and train both muscles group together, maybe once or twice a week.

Do you follow the same principles?

If you are wondering, I've been climbing for two years (with some months off for coronavirus lockdown), my lead redpoint is 7a and my boulder is v4/5 (lead is my speciality), so since I don't have any project for now I'm not doing any specif traing, just strenght and finger strenght/strenght endurance on the hangboard (don't have acces to any campus board, so I lack in the power part of the training).

thanks in advance for any feedback, also if the question is already being asked and answerd please link it to me because I coulnd't find anything while searching.

Does anyone have a list of all the muscle groups our antagonist/injury preventative training needs to be targeting? I'm trying to figure out my next cycle of training, and it is difficult to weave through the multitudes of 'this is probably a good idea' and 'this is what i do' etc. Whenever I make an antagonist routine, I always feel I'm missing something. maybe if we all just had a list of the muscles we need to target, we wouldnt get so caught up in the 1000s of different exercises designed to target them. So does anyone know of a list like this? This seems like such a simple and obvious thing, but i have yet to find one.

Again, not looking for specific exercises or your specific routine (unless you are positive you are hitting every muscle group). Let's get a list of what we need to target, then figuring out the routine to target them should be a piece of cake.

Edit: so far we have:

• upper body pushing (push ups, dips, military press, etc.)
  • shoulders, back, biceps, triceps
• posterior chain (deadlift, squat)
• finger extensor (rice bucket)
• wrist (reverse wrist curls, rice bucket)
• elbows (eccentric dumbell stuff?)

Double Edit: Thanks to /u/microtraxion, we have exactly what i was asking right here: https://www.sozialstiftung-bamberg.de/static/act-pdf/index.html

I’ve been researching how to stabilize the shoulder for a while but I’m still confused about what typically happens with the rotator cuff in climbers.

For sure the lats get worked while climbing. Supposedly the teres major and other external rotators are employed too...And yet I have PTs suggesting that I do external rotator exercises to counteract the rounding of the shoulders and fix impingement.

I’ve also heard that the pec muscles shorten, and that I should stretch them. But in addition, I’ve heard that you should do push-ups to counteract all the pulling that you do while climbing. Wouldn’t doing push ups further shorten the pec muscles?

So what are we to do? Push exercises to oppose all the pulling? External rotators?

Can anybody set me straight here? Or do I have to continue my fruitless search for a PT that also climbs haha

Just learned this from Wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaifenesin#Mechanism_of_action

It should synergize really well with DXM. Does anyone feel more high taking DXM with guaifenesin? I

TLDR is stretching a muscle and it’s antagonist, e.g. quads and hamstrings, in the same session inefficient?

I’ve started doing some intermediate level training sessions only devoted to flexibility - not just passive but also active strengthening of the agonist (muscle being stretched here) eccentrically and the antagonist concentrically.

Pairing a muscle stretch and an active concentric strengthening of its antagonist starting from a shortened position seems a good idea, both because of the reciprocal inhibition reflex and because they both contribute to the same position. For example pike stretching and active compression work (lifting the legs) starting from a piked position.

However stretching a muscle and it’s antagonist seems to be working on something and it’s opposite at the same time, which does not seem to be the best way to go at it.

Does anyone know if it really is suboptimal or if in the end it doesn’t matter?

Hey y’all,

Ive heard from several places it’s important to train the muscles/joints in the opposing movements. For example, for a horizontal push like bench/dip, you want to have a horizontal pull like rows and face pulls to even out the muscles and prevent imbalances that can ultimately lead to numerous issues, including injury.

Now that I think about it, there’s lots of areas that most people only train 1 side and not the other. Grip we train flexion (closing hand) and not extension (opening hand) (which I’ve heard can help carpal tunnel syndrome). Calfs we train flexion (during running or calf raises) but not extension (tibia, the shin muscle) (which apparently helps quite a bit with shin splints).

Then there’s places with small muscle groups that most of us don’t really train at all, like neck, face, wrists, etc.

I wouldn’t assume you’d train these small muscle groups and antagonist muscle groups very much, just a little after a warm up or something to try and prevent these muscles from really lagging behind and develop substantial imbalances.

After all, a big reason a lot of people workout is to be functional and fit.

Anyone come across someone who talks about this or have any of your own thoughts?

I'm thinking about picking up these resistance bands: https://www.amazon.ca/5BILLION-Hand-Strengthener-Finger-Stretcher/dp/B01M98OYKJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1548610808&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=finger%2Bresistance%2Bbands&dpPl=1&dpID=517bbcMmR1L&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1

Does anyone have experience with these?

If you don't think it's not a good idea, what do you do to train your hands?

Hi! This is my first time posting here, apologies if this question has been answered already, not sure where to look yet.

I heard during a yoga anatomy workshop some time ago that we have muscle groups that's work in tandem, otherwise known as "antagonist" muscle groups, and that there are some ways to sort of "hack" your body's tendency to tighten certain groups by working with other groups... or disengaging certain muscle groups by providing support from the opposite side... I'm not sure if I'm explaining this well, but the example I was given had to do with hips and hamstrings.

For instance, your body has a sort of defence mechanism to protect itself by tightening the back of the body if you feel as if you would fall forward. So, you may be particularly inflexible and can't touch the floor but if you use blocks under your hands in a forward fold to touch the floor, the back of your body will disengage from defence mode because it no longer feels as if you are falling on your face. Therefore, the hamstrings relax knowing that you are safe from falling and you can begin to lengthen them hamstrings and the other muscles of the back body.

Another example is that if you have knees or theighs that are nearly to your ears in a hip opening position, providing support from a blanket/block/whatever underneath your legs allow your hip muscles to release from "defence mode" and your body can finally begin to relax into opening in those areas.

My last example is that if you engage your quadriceps in a forward fold, you are able to access untapped potential in your hamstrings by understanding the antagonistic group and could advance further...

I'm obviously no doctor or anatomy expert and I've always wondered if this is true? Can you shed some light?

Thanks for your help and for deciphering my elementary examples :)

Hello. I'm intending on going back into climbing after a very long break (close to a year). I've decided that I intend to start from the very basics once again and have decided to add weight lifting to my training routine. What are some frequently underdeveloped muscles that climbers normally have that I can train with weights? Obviously it wouldn't be anything too crazy but its mostly for strength and injury prevention purposes.

And do any of you climb and lift on the same day? How does it work out for you that way? I find that during my rest days, I would rather not do anything strenuous (climbing or lifting) otherwise it just becomes another training day.

Excited to be back on the wall soon!

Hey climbers! I have been feeling a need to work antagonist muscles in addition to my regular core workout. How do you guys train your antagonist muscles, specifically chest and biceps? I would prefer to do this with body weight but I have access to fitness equipment if necessary.

Hey guys, I'm in my second term at the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy. I need a list of muscles and thier antagonist, can someone help me with this?? thanks!

My elbows are in constant pain for a while now. It's a small pain, but I'm afraid that It might develop into something more serious.

I'm interested in other critical points like wrists. And maybe some that I'm not aware of.

With that I mean little things in the story that make you go "wait what" but don't really make you want to drop it? Little annoying things, but ultimately harmless in the story?

For me it's when someone gets slapped in the face but their cheeks and/or mouth are bleeding lol. Last time i checked a slap doesn't do that much damage, and they don't really leave scars as some characters say they will, especially when someone slaps with their bare hand (no rings or jewels in their fingers).

Anyways, what are yours?

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