This muscle seams to allways be tensed for me. When I finish an romanian deadlift its is tensed realy hard my glutes are tensed as well. I keep the weight on my heels neck shoulders back and my core tight, but it still contracts at the end when it shouldn't be. When I do a side plank the vastus lateralis is tensed and my obliques stay relaxed. When I activate my gluteus medius, standing on one leg and lowering and raising my opposite hip the vastus lateralis tenses as well. What can I do to fix this?
I would think that if you dead lift and squat with your toes pointed more outward, the lateralis will give more way to medialis.
Why do you want to "fix" this? You can't be holding your body straight if your obliques aren't contracting on a side plank.
