Muscle Insertion. The insertion of the muscle is the end of the muscle attaching to the freely moving bone of its joint. Movement happens at joints, with one bone of the joint moving freely while the other remains relatively stationary.
The goal of the Alexander Technique is to teach people to restore an optimal relationship between head and spine, and, when necessary, replace faulty concepts that cause the mis-coordination, what Alexander called âmistaken beliefsâ, with more accurate, constructive concepts.
Periodization of training will be discussed further in the section on the progressive resistance training programs of athletes. Specificity. Muscles adapt specifically to the nature of the exercise stress. The progressive resistance training program should stress the muscles how they are to perform. The most obvious example of specificity is that the muscle exercised is the muscle that adapts to training. Thus, if you exercise the leg muscles, they hypertrophy rather than the muscles of the shoulders.