I was doing some online research and stumbled across this website, in particular an article on the website.
There has been so much discussion about what exercises to do, which are best...I thought i might throw another discussion point in.
The first paragraph of the article reads:
"Most studies on the effectiveness of muscle contraction use electromyography (EMG), which measures the electrical activity or excitability level of the muscles involved. The higher the electrical activity, the more effective the muscle contraction. In EMG studies, researchers can use the peak of the electrical activity (peak force) or, even better, calculate or integrate the full force under the curve. This improved method is called integrated electromyography, iEMG, and was used in the Cornacchia and LaFramboise (1998) study to evaluate muscle efficiency. "
The rest of the article shows the EMG level of dozens of exercises for each muscle group.
What does everybody think of this?
There has been so much discussion about what exercises to do, which are best...I thought i might throw another discussion point in.
The first paragraph of the article reads:
"Most studies on the effectiveness of muscle contraction use electromyography (EMG), which measures the electrical activity or excitability level of the muscles involved. The higher the electrical activity, the more effective the muscle contraction. In EMG studies, researchers can use the peak of the electrical activity (peak force) or, even better, calculate or integrate the full force under the curve. This improved method is called integrated electromyography, iEMG, and was used in the Cornacchia and LaFramboise (1998) study to evaluate muscle efficiency. "
The rest of the article shows the EMG level of dozens of exercises for each muscle group.
What does everybody think of this?
