While the posterior chain runs from your neck down to your ankles, the focus is often on the glutes, hamstrings, and lower back. Strengthening these muscles helps reduce low back pain, improves ...

Your posterior chain is a group of muscles that you use *all* the time (even if you don't realize it). It's especially important to tone these muscles to reduce your risk of injury in the gym ...

WHETHER YOUR WORKOUT goal is to get stronger, gain muscle, or just to move better, the deadlift will be an integral exercise ...

insights into the relative contribution of the different muscles of the posterior spine muscle chain in healthy persons, during different extension and contraction modalities, are required.

The posterior chain refers to the group of muscles along the back of the leg and spine, a group that is often deprioritized in fitness programs. This week, I'll discuss some key factors for ...

Why it rocks: Like a deadlift, the glute bridge strengthens your posterior chain, the muscles on the back side of your body, but you don’t need as much mobility to effectively perform this ...

Hip extension exercises build up our often neglected posterior chain—the muscles on the back of the body. Balancing your strength routine with moves that focus on your backside is important to ...

This all means that you’re mostly working the muscles on the front of the body throughout the day. And the perfect antidote to our front-dominant lifestyle: a posterior chain workout.