If you keep getting injured even though you train, the missing piece may be your no-show muscles: the small stabilizers nobody sees but your body depends on.

Dr. Derrick Hines explains what his office calls "no-show muscles", the ones that never show in a mirror but make the body stable and resilient. He covers the small muscles of the feet, the transverse abdominis, the deep hip stabilizers, the neck muscles and the small stabilizers of the spine, and why training them can prevent more injuries than lifting heavier. He also shares "Weird Workout Saturdays", the weekly session his family used to do in his office.

Key Takeaways
-- No-show muscles are the deep stabilizers you cannot see. Training them reduces injuries in a way that training the big muscles alone does not.
-- Strong intrinsic foot muscles give the body a stable base, which helps injury prevention, mobility, power, strength and speed. Derrick's office trains them with a footboard.
-- The transverse abdominis draws the stomach in and stabilizes the whole core, back and abdomen. It is not the six-pack, but it changes your stability a lot.
-- The small hip muscles that rotate and stabilize you with every step and turn can protect you from injury more than being able to squat 500 pounds.
-- Strengthening the neck, for example with an Iron Neck device, supports the structures around the spine. Derrick points to studies showing neck strengthening reduces pain and headaches and improves posture.
-- Set aside one day a week for no-show muscles: neck, feet and ankles, wrists, transverse abdominis activation, hip rotations and spine rotations.

Questions Answered
-- Why do I keep getting injured even though I work out?
-- What are stabilizer muscles and why do they matter?
-- How do I strengthen the muscles in my feet?
-- What is the transverse abdominis?
-- Can neck strengthening help with headaches and posture?

Weird Workout Saturday
Add one session a week for your no-show muscles: neck, feet and ankles, wrists, core activation, hip rotations and spine rotations. Keep training your big muscles too.

DERRICK
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