During compound exercises, multiple muscle groups assist the exercise, working alongside the agonist or primary movers. These are called synergist muscles, and help the primary mover to achieve ...

The “big five” hit every major muscle group, recruit their corresponding synergist muscles (the assistors that support them) and are the very definition of "compound." Each more requires core ...

the “big five” build strength and muscle across all the major muscle groups and recruit the synergist muscles (assisting muscles that support the “primary movers”) too, which we’ll cover ...

Push-pull training allows you to exercise all the major muscle groups a maximum of twice weekly ... because they are synergist muscles helping to perform movements like the chest fly and bench ...

This within-group activity divergence between the separate muscle bellies appeared to be similar in both groups (Figure 5). The synergistic role of the different muscle bellies and their individual ...