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Nice on those MSEM, but isnt 325 ez for you considering what you have lifted lately?

Quote from: adarqui on December 15, 2010, 06:08:21 am

stretching:
- stretched full body for an hour but, best thing i did, was this stretch where you lie down flat then bring your legs over your face, point of foot touching ground above your head. i held that for 2 sets, for about 5-8 minutes.. really helped my erectors which have been pretty tight lately, feel very good from it.

I don't get it, how can you "point of foot toucing ground above your head". It's either touching the ground or it's above your head.

BAM!

 

Nice on those MSEM, but isnt 325 ez for you considering what you have lifted lately?

not after 1 hour of reactive work + walking etc that workout #2 session is like 2.5 hours total HEH

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Quote from: Raptor on December 15, 2010, 08:18:02 am

Quote from: adarqui on December 15, 2010, 06:08:21 am

stretching:
- stretched full body for an hour but, best thing i did, was this stretch where you lie down flat then bring your legs over your face, point of foot touching ground above your head. i held that for 2 sets, for about 5-8 minutes.. really helped my erectors which have been pretty tight lately, feel very good from it.

I don't get it, how can you "point of foot toucing ground above your head". It's either touching the ground or it's above your head.

BAM!

 

ya that's exactly it.. felt great.

Yes but when I jump off two feet, the right side of my abs hurts like hell, like it's being put under a great stretch stress... I just am not flexible to do that and trust me, that affects the hip extension. It's not only the "traditional" hip flexors that stop the hip extension in my opinion. I have no idea about what the abs do movement wise (I think they're hip flexors as well, I don't know and I don't care) - I know I need to get better at this.

Raptor, what you describe actually sounds more like your psoas being tight up where it attaches. It attaches up in your abdominal area and can/does get tighter than a motherfucker especially if you do a lot of sitting throughout the day. Try this stretch here for it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hQSJVIN3c

If you have problems there you probably also have problems with thoracic and lat mobility, I'd throw in some broomstick overhead squats on a regular basis to if that's the case.

edit: sorry for the thread hijack

You better believe that's the case, I'm having great problems keeping the bar in the clean on my shoulders (impossible, it can only stay on one shoulder and if that happens, the opposite arm's elbow HAS to be oriented perpendicular to the floor) and I can't get my palms over the bar in the low bar squat (I guess that's chest tightness?).

But I can't do overhead squats - the bar or broomstick or whatever would be too much in front of my body.

And yeah, I'm already doing that stretch... I sometimes get lowerback pain from it, probably I need to flex the abs more I guess while doing it.

And yeah, I'm already doing that stretch... I sometimes get lowerback pain from it, probably I need to flex the abs more I guess while doing it.

Try tensing your glutes of the stretched leg and keep your ribcage down!

reminder, don't worry about hijacking my journal, doesn't bug me at all as long as people are helping each other

some of the dunk makes/misses from yesterday, first two dunks i really like.

i gotta step my weapon-necklace game up