![]() That leaves you with weak glutes, tight hamstrings and a sore lower back as well as a stressed out hip flexor. Because your bodies goal is to stand upright. As they will tighten due to the extra work your body will try to make up for this by also tightening its anatagonist: your hip flexors. Most of the time it’s your hamstrings or lower back. Sounds weird, but if your glutes are not doing their job regarding hip extension someone else will do so. And you will work on your own destruction step by step. You are missing out on a huge potential for power development if your glutes are too weak, for you are not able to use them properly. Source: RXd Photography Stay in control of all your movements Make sure you always pay attention to this. Even while training, for example in the kettlebell swing, deadlift or the upper position of a goblet squat, your belt line should be parallel to the floor. If you are in a neutral position any force as well as your bodyweight will divide onto several body parts. No matter if you sit down, stand up or else. Most likely the problem lies within weak glutes. Especially those with a sedentary lifestyle. The anterior pelvic tilt is a problem we see very often with people. Your bucket should be straight now as you now have a neutral pelvis. Do you keep pouring water out the front of your bowl? Then squeeze your cheeks tightly. You are trying to not spill any of the water while moving through space. Is it parallel? Imagine there’s a big bowl of water inside your pelvis. GLUTEAL AMNESIA CRACKAs if you want to crack a nut between your cheeks. The solution is to flex your glutes tightly. This will let our beltline look down towards the floor. We are more likely to let our hip kip to the front. Unfortunately this is not the case for most of our population. They are describing a woman that effortlessly glides over university campus and keeps her beltline parallel to the floor at all times. This concept was first released by Laurence Morehouse and Leonard Gross in their books „Total Fitness“ and „Maximum Performance“ in 1980. This is the first sign of gluteal amnesia. Gluteal amnesia may as well mean that you are not able to keep your belt line parallel to the floor while standing or moving in an upright position. Only because this drill works good for you does not mean you are done with this topic, though. Source: RX'd Photography Activate your hips and glutes ![]() ![]() I guess he’s on to something here as everyone will agree that a round, sexy and well trained butt is mostly associated with health and youth. And are also referred to as the source of eternal youth – if you want to believe world known strength coach Dan John on this one. They are the main source for power generation. Too bad the glutes may just be one of the most important muscle groups in our body. See also Michael Boyle’s Strength Coach Blog GLUTEAL AMNESIA PROFESSIONALThat includes professional athletes! It’s the main reason we keep not using our glutes for their main job: hip extension. ![]() Stuart McGill, have shown, that the bigger part of our population is not able to control their gluteal muscles correctly. Yes, I said your butt is most likely the problem. Your butt may just be the bigger problem! LOWER BACK PAIN THROUGH GLUTEAL AMNESIA ![]() You squat, you lift, you swing and keep getting rewarded by a sore back? Do you keep having trouble with lower back pain? No matter how much you keep stretching, massaging or foam rolling – it just won’t get better? In most cases it’s actually pretty damn strong. ![]()
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