Anatomy workshop Part II

I did gain some interesting insights into my own body in this workshop, among them:



1. Strengthening opposing muscle groups can help the muscle we want to target relax more. I kind of know this, but I always thought of it as contracting the opposing muscle group.



2. My internal and external obliques on the right side is much stronger than the left, which explains why I always twist better on the right than the left. I've never really thought about it, but it struck me while listening to the trainer that was why I always seem to need more help twisting to one side than the other.



3. I walk with my feet turned out slightly, which could be the reason my external rotators are WAY too strong and results in all the hip tightness in any kind of external rotations.



4. My adductors must be too weak. This could be the reason I flop so easily into upavista konasana. However strangely enough I think my pectineus is way too tight which is why my knees still stay up in baddha konasana if I don't spend some time pressing it down.



5. My right hamstring is looser than the left, which could be why my right quadriceps is soo much tighter than the left one. All these imbalances are sooo strange..



6. My habit of arching the chest so much may be the reason my back flexion is very limited. Also I think I don't really know how to engage my upper abdominal muscles because I spend most of the time arching and hence not working the abs in that area. It could also be the reason I have extremely weak core strength.



Soooo...considering I seem to have a huge bunch of imbalances, I guess I'll have to work on my left obliques, strengthen the adductors and stop arching the chest..