What the fuck are "stabilizer muscles"? Sounds like

There's no "stabilizer muscles". It refers to a context a muscle is used in. For example, ab wheel rollouts use triceps to stabilize the motion, or in other words they are a secondary muscle. In tricper pushdowns, they're the primary muscle, and other muscles like core is used to stabilize.

It just means that the muscle is the primary one being worked or not; which differs based on context.

>>35406580
this.

the same muscle can be either a prime mover or a stabilizer.

generally when people refer to groups of muscles as "stabilizer muscles" they refer to all the musculature that is too small to do any prime moving.

for example, try benching as much with dumbbells as you can with barbell...

the reason you can't bench as much, is because it relies more heavily on stabilizing muscles, and less on your prime movers.

>>35406564
Smith machine ALPHA detected

File: b8.png (128KB, 308x308px) Image search: [Google]

128KB, 308x308px

>>35406564

>>35406625
no you idiot the reason is the dumbells at my gym only go up to 160 lbs and good luck at finding anything heavier then 100 at a commercial gym

File: oly dumbbell.jpg (20KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

20KB, 500x500px

>>35406818
even if you have the availability of weight, you would lack the ability to press it.

also
>my bench is too far over 320lb for dumbbells to be useful
i highly doubt that.

what do you bench?

even if it is about tree fiddy, i highly doubt you could do 320lb dumbbell for the same amount of reps
also, see pic related before you try and claim dumbbells are too light

>>35406625
But if the lift relies more on stabilizer muscles then by your definition they are the prime movers for it and ergo not stabilizers

File: 4L_LmOOvDfm.jpg (142KB, 554x560px) Image search: [Google]

142KB, 554x560px

>>35408851

>>35406564
Pointdexter just left the goddamn weight

>>35406863
>post about oly dumbbells I got for Christmas
>see them all over /fit/ the past few days

Is there a sudden rush of popularity or have I revealed something new to /fit/?

>>35406564
Muscles involved in a movement that are not the prime movers.

>>35406863
That doesn't even have any weight on it you fucking dyel, I could probably press that shit for 500 reps before I broke a sweat

>>35411777
god damn!!! how much cuck/sissy shit do I have to fap to to get to your test levels anon srs pls no bully #help a nigga out