The adductor muscle comprises five muscles: the adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis ... rapid movements and directional changes. Additionally, adductor exercises can ...

Why it rocks: “This exercise works on lateral movement patterns and is warming ... opens up the inner thigh and groin ...

Five different muscles make up this group—the gracilis, obturator externus ... Pro tip: Most inner thigh exercises are considered compound movements, which mean they hit more than one muscle ...

Which brings us to this: By focusing on a handful of essential movement patterns, and building your strength workouts around those, you can make sure your routine hits all the important muscles ...

Press-ups are a great exercise movement to help improve upper-body pushing strength,' says Zack George, CrossFit athlete and MH Elite coach. 'They can help to build muscle mass, strength and ...

Pulling exercises such as bent-over rows, chin-ups and lat pulldowns engage several muscles of the back ... and co-creator of the functional movement screen. Pressing load overhead is a skill ...

and isolation exercises work one muscle group in one plane of movement. For example, a push-up is classified as a compound exercise because it targets the pectoral muscles, anterior deltoids ...