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Adriana Valenzuela Page 5

At a commercial fitness center in Lahaina, Hawaii, Adriana Valenzuela, NASM-CPT, NSCA-CSCS, trains clients with an emphasis on functional anatomy. After monitoring gym floors during college kinesiology studies, Valenzuela developed a routine of explaining muscle actions to clients mid-workout, balancing coaching with winter trips Nordic skiing on groomed forest trails.

What Is Hip Extension? Anatomy, Muscles, and Exercises
Is the Pronator Teres Muscle Anterior or Posterior?
What Muscles Are Used When Throwing a Baseball?
What Muscles Pronate the Forearm?
What Is True of the Origin Part of a Muscle?
What Is the Insertion of the Pectoralis Minor?
What Is Plantar Flexion? The Muscles and Movement
How Can Muscle Fibers Show a Range of Responses?
How the Neck Functions as a First Class Lever
What Are Visceral Muscles and How Do They Function?
What Plane of Motion Does Elbow Flexion Occur In?
What Does the Platysma Do? Neck Muscle Function Explained
What Is the H Zone and Its Role in Muscles?
Are Muscles Made of Water? The Science of Muscle Composition
What Muscles Are Responsible for Plantar Flexion?
What Does Smooth Muscle Do? Its Vital Functions Explained
Does Muscle Grow Back If Removed? The Scientific Answer
What Is a Thin Filament and Its Role in Muscle Contraction?
What Is Visceral Muscle and What Does It Do?
What Is the H Band in a Muscle’s Sarcomere?
What Comprises a Motor Unit and How Does It Function?
What Does the Semimembranosus Muscle Do?
What Is Stiffness? A Look at Science and the Human Body
What Are the Main Muscles That Abduct the Shoulder?
What Happens to Thick and Thin Filaments When Muscles Contract?
Why Are Our Feet Arched? For Shock Absorption & Movement
What Is the Primary Action of the Multifidus?
What Muscles Move Your Ears and Why Some People Can
What Is the Function of the Semimembranosus Muscle?
Where Is Your Middle Back? Anatomy and Function