Comments on: Iliopsoas: The Superhero Muscle http://alignment-based-fitness.com/2009/05/06/iliopsoas-the-superhero-muscle/ Charlie Reid, B.S., CSCS, CPT Wed, 05 May 2010 01:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jleeger http://alignment-based-fitness.com/2009/05/06/iliopsoas-the-superhero-muscle/comment-page-1/#comment-27 jleeger Thu, 07 May 2009 03:27:00 +0000 http://healthbackintofitness.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/iliopsoas-the-superhero-muscle/#comment-27 Awesome. Awesome.

]]> By: wizer http://alignment-based-fitness.com/2009/05/06/iliopsoas-the-superhero-muscle/comment-page-1/#comment-26 wizer Thu, 07 May 2009 00:33:00 +0000 http://healthbackintofitness.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/iliopsoas-the-superhero-muscle/#comment-26 When I had dance training, I always figured that it was the iliopsoas that was responsible for leg extension like these:<br /><br />http://balletbookstore.com/ballerina/pic/sempol06.jpg<br /><br />http://www.ballerinagallery.com/pic/linds01.jpg<br /><br />I find it interesting when you say, "Some suspect that, on average, the psoas group has enough contractile force to hold up a volkswagen!" For anybody who has ever taken ballet, the kind of strength it takes to accomplish what is in the pictures above is very difficult to achieve. But I guess the difficulty is due to the abnormal range of motion. When I had dance training, I always figured that it was the iliopsoas that was responsible for leg extension like these:

http://balletbookstore.com/ballerina/pic/sempol06.jpg

http://www.ballerinagallery.com/pic/linds01.jpg

I find it interesting when you say, “Some suspect that, on average, the psoas group has enough contractile force to hold up a volkswagen!” For anybody who has ever taken ballet, the kind of strength it takes to accomplish what is in the pictures above is very difficult to achieve. But I guess the difficulty is due to the abnormal range of motion.

]]> By: Chris http://alignment-based-fitness.com/2009/05/06/iliopsoas-the-superhero-muscle/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Chris Wed, 06 May 2009 21:16:00 +0000 http://healthbackintofitness.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/iliopsoas-the-superhero-muscle/#comment-25 A GREAT POST A GREAT POST

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