Sentence examples for principal muscle groups from inspiring English sources

We created the Dalhousie scales primarily as a tool to measure degree of dyspnea including the overall sense of breathing effort or discomfort and secondly perceived exertion with specific focus on the legs the principal muscle groups involved in most ergometry systems.

Cycling involves predominantly hip extensors, knee extensors and ankle plantar flexors (Ericson 1986), whereas rowing engages most of the principal muscle groups of both upper and lower body (Secher 1993).

"The arms are underused muscle groups".

— in muscle groups not being used.

"You are using larger muscle groups".

They wear down the same muscle groups day after day.

"Most gym programs overwork major muscle groups," she said.

"It can tell you which muscle groups are firing, and the imbalances in the muscles," he says.

"By connecting a movement pattern through the body, we strengthen our smaller muscles to support our larger muscle groups".

Muscle usage: A study from the University of Texas at Austin (pdf) found that muscle usage between running and walking at the same pace differed surprisingly little after monitoring activity in 10 muscle groups, including all the major muscles of the legs.

Manual muscle test including eight muscle groups.