Voluntary Muscle Contractions

Voluntary contractions may help with body awareness or meditative practice. A voluntary contraction does not have a fixed effect unless the body's starting orientation is known. Generalized cues such as squeezing the glutes are unreliable as movement-preparation strategies because contraction effects depend on current body position. Voluntary muscle contractions are not presented as a primary strategy for improving movement capability, fitness preparation, or movement-pattern correction.