Hey Leopards,
Today’s mission explores a typical spine loading error we often see in our athletes during pulling. In short, we are always trying to optimize spinal organization and minimize the internal shear forces on the athlete’s spine. We are also always trying to make complex motor skills more simple and reproducible. When an athlete tries to “unround” at the bottom of a pull, what we end up doing is adding a whole another set of forces on the spine. And, add a little tiredness, stress, or cardio demand to the mix and low and behold, we end up having a completely different set up position each time. The rules are simple, organize and brace your spine when it is under as little external demand as possible. By the way, this bent-to-unbent spine loading error usually accompanies low back pain. Weird right?
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Kstar
