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Oct 01 2008 10:32pm  I just finished watching Building The
Efficient Athlete and I'm really amazed by the quantity of info
on it! Unfortunately, one thing really bothered me.  Adductors:
how can they be MEDIAL rotators? Don't they go from ischiopubic
ramus to the linea aspera? Hence it rotates laterally (unless
there's something I'm ignoring).  The adductors are a tricky
group of muscles; consider that there are five adductors
(longus, brevis, magnus, pectineus, and gracilis), so you've got
several different points of attachment. They work in all three
planes of motion, and their function can actually change
depending on the degree of hip flexion present.  Most important
thing to remember is that the external rotation of the gluteus
maximus during hip extension is counteracted by the internal
rotation of the adductor magnus as it helps to extend the hip.
After that, I'd just like some e