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Your site is great and a wonderful resource. Has any thought been given to updating the Exercise videos so they are in color and better visible? Maybe the ACSM or NSCA could help with the funding of the project since they reference your site in their materials?!?
Dave Herber, Program Manager, Lanxess Xercise Center (Pittsburgh, PA)
I have been dealing with muscle imbalances due to very old injuries (30 yrs) and found only *exercises* until Ii found the stretches exrx.net. (Thanks to google search). Even my classic medical school texts show few stretches for only fewer specific muscles. That most of the provided stretches are clerly photographed and require no mechanical devices make them useable by anyone, anywhere. The active links between related muscles and groups are appreciated.
I would suggest adding a HOME button to the individual pages. Some folks accessing from google will not know how to find it to access other pages without backtracking to google (and thus not discover all the other information available. I would also suggest a resource statement for each page. This would provide information on 'currency' of the data provided, allow verification of accuracy, and allow professionals to reference beyond the site itself, the original source.
Crystal A. Bingham, MSOT, OTR
I think your site is in desperate need of some updates to its exercises. Too much focus on machines and old fashioned movements instead of free weight exercises and variations. There's no excuse for not having box squatting on the site with proper technique tought. Not to mention Board Presses and the like for upperbody max effort exercises.
John Schmutzer
I've been using your website for 4 years now. You have excellent data and I really appreciate your information. I would like to say that I'm in favor of a strong anti-prohibitionary stance regarding any chemical use (See Problems with Current Information). I would like to see the governing bodies establish two categories: Drug Free, and Not Tested/Using. Drug Free athletes would undergo testing at all meets and periodically during the off season. Not Tested/Using athletes are simply not tested...
Basic rules for athletes:
Basic rules for teams
Hey, if you don't mind a Spat, knock yourself out. Personally, I prefer head to head without pharma.
Steve Briggs
Your page on skill acquisition refers to several articles (e.g. Boutcher, 1992, Abernethy, 1993) without giving their full reference or point of origin. I can find no way of backtracking to find the original references. Sadly this means I cannot use your webpages for referencing for my studies.... please try and correct this - and let me have the proper references !
Nick Farrar
I really enjoyed visiting your website and found the Exercise and Muscle directory informative. However the muscle and exercise body maps for male and female on the Exercise instruction & kinesiology main menu are less than informative and rather useless. If instead the muscles were named on the body maps, or major muscle groups highlighted it would be more useful. Overall you website is wonderful and the information available for each exercise is phenomenal.
Kat
I have a suggestion how to improve your ExRx Exercise & Muscle Directory. For example overhead triceps extension places more stress on the lateral head than the medial and long head (my source is Per A. Tesch "Target Bodybuilding" which you link to on your site - This book shows results from analyzing the different stress on the biceps, triceps and leg muscles using a MRI scanner). You do not go to such detail in your directory. But it might be an idea too add this level of detail also.
Tobias Stahl Madsen (Denmark)
Thank you for providing us w/ such a useful resource, exrx.net. I have one idea that may be useful to readers regarding the bodymap pages. The muscle groups that are highlighted/colored, for example the 3 heads of the tricep, how about hyperlinking each head to an exercise that is useful for that body part? The same can done w/ the deltoids or any other muscle group for that matter. Just a thought
Sal D'Alessio
First I'd like say what a great site this is. It has been very helpful over the years, especially when I was first starting to lift weights. My suggestion is to add an exercise for the Rhomboids to the Back section. I don't know if this is the right e-mail address for this so you may or may not want to pass this on to James Griffing. I was looking at the Rhomboids and it seems you don't have any exercises where the Rhomboids are the target, rather than the synergist. May I suggest Reverse Shrugs. To do them simply go to a dip station and get on and keep you arms straight (rather than bending the elbow as you would with a dip). Now, depress your shoulders, this should cause adduction of the scapula as well as downward rotation. Both of which the Rhomboids are responcible for. Thanks for reading. I hope to hear back from you!
T. Trisomy
I refer to your site on a regular basis, so I may track my progress in the gym. Recently I purchased a kettlebell, and I have been only performing the basic exercises. Are you going to include kettlebell exercise descriptions on your website in the future? From the information that is available on the internet, and from my extremely limited experience, it seems as though kettlebells are an efficient exercise tool. I feel it would be invaluable if your site provided useful information regarding kettlebells. I must say that your website has helped me understand kiniseology so I may better perform my exercise routines. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Nick
I'm glad I found your site through a posting at the Yahoo Personal Fitness Trainers group. If I hadn't found your site, I was going to eventually implement one like it. I would have had to learn much about anatomy, exercise and fitness in order to do so, but that would've been fine. You need to market better! I had to look for a while before finding your site, and I'm certified to teach a number of group exercise formats and am a certified personal trainer - it never came up. I googled quite a bit and exrx.net never came up. AFAIK, you've got the most complete exercise info web site. You should be near the top of most exercise keyword searches. ExRx.com is info-packed but a bit plain. Have you given any thought to punching it up a bit? My broadband connection can support larger-format animated gifs, for example.
Lynn Wallace
What a tight site! I happened upon your site will searching for specific exercises to help with some over-use issues common to tennis players, of which I am one. In particular I was looking for exercises aimed specifically at the various components of the rotator cuff. Of course, you know that I found many specific exercises as well as others that name the specific rotator cuff muscles in their supporting roles. Wow! I was impressed and amazed at the detail provided.
While I was enjoying your site I began to wonder why I did not find it sooner. I have been struggling with this for months. I found it by searching for a description of an exercise, the name of which I was unfamiliar (straight arm pull down) in the forlorn hope that I would find something. As it turned out I was already doing that with surgical tubes at home as well as with cables at the gym, I just did not know the correct name.
Thinking about this led me to the following thoughts and suggestion:
Thought 1: In today's world, especially, more athletes of all types are using weight training for cross-training purposes: both to improve there performance but also to give them other forms of work so that they do not end up over training as I am want to do in playing tennis.
No one can hit 400 serves a day without eventually stressing the supraspinatus, as well as other things I may yet be unaware of.
Thought 2: There are many athletes that are as compulsive about their sports as many bodybuilders tend to be. Weight training is important for them too. Such folks tend to forget about resistance training until something starts to hurt--trigger points as I recently learned. That is when they remember the importance of cross training.
For many like me it is only sports that involve a ball that you either hit or throw with you arms that can be an "end-in-itself." From billiards to baseball if you don't hit it or throw it, it is essentially boring. The size of the muscle that propels the ball is inconsequential in comparison to the speed and accuracy of the shot. Resistance training alone just does not hold the attention: but it remains enjoyable as long as one recalls that it leads to avoiding injury and throwing or hitting a ball harder, farther, more times, or more accurately at some point down the road.
Suggestion: I think many more people would find your site faster and get more from it if you were to include specific sections on resistance training as cross-training for other specific sports, as well as sections on specific resistance training related to over-use conditions from other sports.
The addition of such sections might enable you to attract many more deadly serious athletes to your website. Any time someone types in "muscle pulls and strains" or "tendonitus" they should get to your sections on cross training for sports injury prevention and rehabilitation. You might get more business by cross-referencing these sections to the extensive literature and sites on sports related injuries. They all have resistance (and stretching) exercises for prevention and for rehabilitation, but none are the equal of the detail about the musculature in your website on the same exercises.
I have marked your site as a favorite. It is my hope that I will be able to remain rededicated to cross training when the pain subsides.
Good luck, I am off for another few sets of my 100 reps per day program of light shoulder rehabilitation exercises.
David F. Scudder, PhD, Social Research & Assessment, Data Driven Solutions (Winter Springs, FL)
Just wanna say the site is great, and I use it weekly for info and informing friends. Just wondering if you may add lifts such as sumo deadlift and sumo squats. Keep up the good work.
Jeremy B. Smith
I love your web page and use it a lot to develop work outs for the students here at Waterloo Jr./Sr. High School. I am trying to bring your web page it to the weight room through our computers but the school board and adminastration will not let me untill i can get some clothes on the models you use for the muscle and exercise body maps.... is there some way you could put some clothes on those models and it would not have to be much??????
Jeffrey Stewart Otteson, Waterloo High School
I love your exercise site... HAVE YOU thought about adding exercises with the Swiss Ball?
Darlene
After seeing how much wonderful feedback you have received, my addition may be overkill. But none the less, I still should give thanks where thanks are due.
I've visited so many superficial commercial web sites, and your's is a pleasure and challenge. May I suggest that you add some info about recovery-rehabilitation from injuries or illness (back problems in my case)Chanan Mazal (Jerusalem, Israel)
First of all, I wanted to say that your site is a great reference. I do have one question. During exercises that involve both hip extension and knee extension, isn't the rectus femoris functioning as a dynamic stabilizer?
Paul Obadiah
You are certain correct. Quadriceps were listed as an agonist which is a bit of a generalization since the rectus femoris acts as, indeed, a dynamic stabilizer. Similarly the Hamstrings was generalized as a dynamic stabilizer although the short head of the biceps femoris is an antagonist. You bring up a good point. Thanks for your comments.
First, let me say that I love your site and frequently refer people to it. I just realized that the site doesn't appear to have information on grip work. I tried clicking on hands in the Muscle group and Exercise pages but there wasn't anything linked to them. I was going to explain to someone that the muscles involved in grip work are similar to the muscles used in hand extension and could possibly cause elbow tendinitis... but I wasn't sure that was correct and wanted to check it against your site. Anyway, just thought you should know.
Watson (the pencil neck) Davis
Thank you for your kind words on the ExRx site. I'll include your comments later on our site. The muscles group involved in griping are the same ones used for wrist flexion. We have plans to add only one actual grip exercise to our site in the near future. Certainly post your questions regarding grip work on our forum. Someone may be able to refer to another site on this topic. Always consult a physician regarding rehabilitation. They will likely refer them a physical therapist for treatment.
Love your site, but having problems accessing some of the pages. I haven't had problems before so I don't think it's coming from my computer. I'm using your site as a resource for my PE students.
Michael D. Miller, Newport High School (Bellevue, WA)
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I am a student at John Cabot Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario Canada. As part of my grade 12 Exercise Science course we have been give the opportunity to evaluate and critique a web site that deals with our topic of study. I have chosen to evaluate your web site and have come up with a few suggestions that could help educate other students through the use of your site. Your site has great content and presentation of muscles, their physiological functions and strengthening techniques. The diagrams and multimedia on your site, provides an easy and clear way of understanding the bodies muscular anatomy and movement. Although your site does not provide information on the skeletal anatomy of the body it is very informative. If I could make one suggestion to your web site that would help benefit grade 12 Exercise Science students it would be to add a skeletal anatomy component using diagrams. Overall the website is excellent and very useful. I use your web site everyday for reference. Keep up the good work.
Paul Dadd
I hate to repeat all your other comments, but thanks very much for the concise medical information on muscles.
Thanks for the great info on how aerobics and anaerobics can cause weight loss, my main concern! And the videos of exercises really helps me!
Thanks again, this is the best exercise site on the web !!!
Mike Johnson (San Ramon, CA)
In the future I will add a listing of the foods rich in saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. For now I there is only a brief explanation of the preferred type of fats (third item).
I find your site extremely helpful, especially the exersize instruction video's. I would find it useful to be able to doubleclick the name of the exersize,( ie. Chin Up, or Lat Pull Down etc.), and then have the video pop up. For example, I have been unable to find the "Stiff Legged Dead Lift". I don't know what muscles it works, so I can't find it. I guess I am saying better cross referencing would be useful.
Brian Grant
The search feature can be found on the main page (lower left graphic button) and within the pulldown menu on the other main pages.
I have to lose 20 pounds to join the Air force. I searched for hours on the net looking for insightful "free" weight lose advise. Your site is very, very, very insightful! I was wondering if it was possible to add some exercise routines for people who exercise at home without weight benches?
Aljerita Farmer
Future issues will include free hand exercises. Many of the weighted exercises such as dips, pull ups, sit ups, etc. can be performed without any weights.
This is the best fitness site on internet. Thanks a lot. I am teacher of sports science and would be very helpful if you can make something for special population and rehabilitation.
Murat Bajrami
This is the best site I have ever seen. I love the animated pictures - they are good for settling arguments! You are a great crew. You know how the links point to drawings of muscles affected... well I was wondering if its possible to put thumbnail sketches next to the animated GIFs showing you how to do the exercises. A bit like they show on exercise machines these days. Once again, keep up the great comprehensive work!!!
Azhar Chaudhary
You have put together an extraordinary site. This is what the Internet was intended to be. IMO, this is the appropriate mix of entrepreneurial endeavor and information for the public good. I noted your BBing experience, and wondered what your perception of BBing vs optimal health is. I have maintained that they are, practically speaking, contrary, for a variety of reasons. I highly advocate developing muscle (as important or more important than aerobic development, IMO), but have found the requirement for the extreme definition in BBing to be physiologically stressful, to say the least, without even considering the steroids issue.
Thought your article on the Attractive Body was quite thoughtful and interesting. I think, tho, it misses some of the real socio-economic issues *created* by marketeers who exploit notions of beauty to their own ends, with the great marketing discovery of shame-based marketing--dirty pool, if you will. A long discussion, which I will eventually codify on my own site (whenver that happens). Also, you should be aware of the work of Stephen Blair, who has shown that Covert Bailey's perhaps well-intended premise of Fit OR Fat is in fact entirely wrong. Bailey's book should have been entitled Fit OR Thin!! IUW, fitness and fatness, within reason of course, are not mutually exclusive, and seem to synergistically add to the notion of *health*. Heavier people, of course, have lower strength/weight *ratios*, and will therefore not excel at things like running or gymnastics, but these are but one limited barometer of fitness and health--at least in my and Stephen Blair's opinion. It would be interesting, I think, for you to discuss these issues on your site, with your take on it, of course.
Kristofer Hogg, MS, RD
Your web site features cable cross overs or cable standing flyes. But does not show a variation using the pulleys at floor level. This is a upper chest exercise, where the regular cross overs are more for lower chest depending on body position. Thanks for the web site. It is very helpful to show people how to do exercises.
C. Jeff Finlayson
There are countless exercises and exercise variations currently not featured on ExRx. Keep in mind, stick to the basics for more functional strength and muscle restoration. Certainly add auxiliary exercises like the one you mentioned for lagging body parts.
Thanks for responding to my comment. It was meant to be a suggestion. There is no way to include the many variations of exercises as you wrote. Keep up the good work on the ExRx web site.
Jeff out ...
Your site is very interesting, however, much of the information you give is not sited as to where it came from. In order for your information to hold any water you must have proof as to why you are making your argument. For example, you have "Fat loss myths" which seem logical in argument, but where are studies and research done to confirm this. I have been told that low weight and high repetition burns fat, and high weight low repetition builds bulk. This may not be true, and I tend to agree that the arguments you make in your article make sense, but I cannot, with out more proof accept them as true. I like your site very much, and will continue to use it as a resource, but would simply like some clarity on this issue.
Matthew Vardjan (Reading, Pa)
First let me say I am overjoyed to have discovered your website. It is one of the best educational resources I've ever found online. However, as I was browsing your nutrition section I read the article "Proof Pickles are Bad for You". I was expecting something serious and was suprised to discover that is is quite obviously a joke. I was even more suprised (not to mention dismayed) when I noticed that your website seems to be treating it as genuine science. One wonders where you get your information... If you did intend it as a joke this was not indicated in any fasion, which would be a highly irresponsible choice. Please correct the error. Thanx for your time.
Lauren,
Thank you for your kind words on the ExRx site. One of my favorite college professors used this satire to illustrate an important lesson in interpreting statistics in pseudo-science and marketing propaganda. Admittedly, I do leave it to the reader to interpret and to think about its meaning in the context of a larger informational resource. Also see "A Key to Scientific Research Literature". Thanks for expressing your concern.
You have a fine website, but you left out two additional problems with pickles:
Ciao, ATS
I've been using your site for a couple years I guess and really love it. I especially like the small video that you show for each exercise. I wondered if you ever thought of doing the the same when you describe various articulations...e.g. transverse flexion of the deltoid looks like... Keep up the great work!
Ed RybakThe blank column to the right of the articulation description is reserved for the future animations you suggested. Thank you for the input and your kind words on the ExRx site.
Your site disabled my browser's back and forward buttons. That is really annoying.
Michael Boyd
I can only guess you must have clicked on a link to another site which opens a new window. You can either close that window or pulldown to your original window in the window menu to resume use of the back botton. It common web design to have external links in new windows. Hope this helps. Does this sound like the case? If not, let me know how I can duplicate your experience..
James Griffing
My apologies! Some sites do this on purpose - clearly NOT the case here. I did a web search which gave me a link to www.planetkc.com/exrx/ It might be that getting into your site that way is what messes up the Back function - it seems to get stuck toggling between that and http://www.exrx.net/. No big deal - dropping down my browser's history list gets me out. Thanks for your very prompt response.
Michael Boyd
Don't read this comment if you are offended by colorful language. (Partly censored version follows)
Okay, so I go to google to search for "forearm exercise" and it brings up your page at the top of the list. I go into the site, it appears to be completely useless, so I click on the BACK button and IT WON'T F****** LET ME. IMPRISONING VISITORS INTO YOUR SITE ISN'T GOING TO DO WELL FOR YOUR REPUTATION YOU MISERABLE GESTAPO NAZI PIECE OF S***.
yamato22,
I found your e-mail quite amusing. The first sentence on our new home page which you were forwarded states: "ExRx has a new URL (www.exrx.net). I just moved ExRx to a new domain name 3 days ago. The old site www.planetkc.com/exrx/ forwards visitors to new site after a few seconds. It seems when you clicked on the back button it brought you back to the old site which again forwarded to our new site. The short script was intended for our patrons' convenience, it did not have the malicious intent as you suggested. I'm sorry it gave you bitter impressions. I would be glad to post your complaint on our site. I may suggest 2 solution to your problem:
Here is the page (On our new site) you were trying to get to: http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/ForeArmWt.html
Hope it helps, P.S. I was born in Germany only because my father served in the US Army.
I'm glad you like my brand of humor - and I didn't know you were German, so I apologize if there was any misunderstanding as far as that goes...
Thanks for the free ad on: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=52355
Interesting site. I received over 15 hits from it so far. I'm glad to see your colleagues suggested a 3rd solution (use the arrow pulldown by the back button). Stay out of trouble.
It is totally obnoxious and infuriating that once I arrived at your web site I found that you had rigged your site so that it was impossible to click back to the Google search results at which your site was referenced. Not only did this inconvenience me and disrupt my search, but it also ensured that I will never do business with your firm or anyone selling through you. Disappear!
Sincerely, A Lost Customer (Mark Hazarabedian)
See response above
The video clips show the exercises being done far too fast, particularly the eccentric portion. At the very least, a disclaimer as such should perhaps be shown below the clip. Otherwise, a truly excellent, informative site.
ParDeus
You possess a great amount of information on your site, well done. However, the speed in which the exercises are shown seems quite fast. Can this be slowed down?
Jeffrey Gnipp
Thank you for your feedback regarding the ExRx Site. The speed issue has been corrected.
As an advanced bodyworker who does alot of work with women who have pelvic floor dysfunction, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND adding a section that more fully explores and explains ALL pelvic muscles, for both women AND men!! Thank you for this WONDERFUL website and I truly hope you will consider my recommendation.
Chuck Olson, RMT
Registered Massage Therapist