{"id":167046,"date":"2025-12-04T03:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167046\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T03:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:44:10","slug":"which-are-the-toughest-muscles-to-grow-and-why-longevity-expert-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167046\/","title":{"rendered":"Which are the toughest muscles to grow and why? Longevity expert explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another key muscle, the serratus anterior, sits beneath the armpit and drives scapula protraction-think punching or reaching overhead. It\u2019s hard to isolate because larger chest and back muscles take over, and a weak mind\u2013muscle connection often leaves it underdeveloped, creating the look of \u201cwingless\u201d lats. Schoeff emphasizes focused exercises like protraction pushups and cable pulldowns, which research shows produce higher electromyography activation than standard pressing movements. Neglecting the serratus anterior can lead to shoulder instability and poor mechanics over time. Viewers appreciate this callout, noting how serratus training improves posture, enhances arm definition, and supports stronger, more stable movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another key muscle, the serratus anterior, sits beneath the armpit and drives scapula protraction-think punching or reaching overhead.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[99570,99568,589,163,99569,85,46,11186,38639],"class_list":{"0":"post-167046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-building-exercises","9":"tag-building-muscles","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-how-to-build-muscles-easily","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-longevity","16":"tag-muscles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}