Lower Back....

[squatpuke]

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What lifts/mvts do you use?


The only thing I know is hypers.....

 

[blut wump]

I've found reverse hypers can help to open out the lower vertebrae. I also lift belt free except on squats over about 85% of my 1RM.

You have to strengthen your core to help your lower back. For me that meant all the wrong things and I took up bent BB rows, deadlifts and standing overhead presses. I also like to do those static planks/bridges and heavy DB side bends. Lots of daily hamstring stretches too although I do these less these days.

It might seem a bit girlie but I even joined an abs class for a while since I knew the instructor was fairly hard-core. He had us doing sets of 150 crunches as warm-downs.

 

[DaPit26]

i do good mornings, stiff legged dl's and hypers (reverse)

 

[BiggT]

Good mornings are a great exercise, as are SLDLs/RDLs, and beltless work on squats and deadlifts.......Remember to think in terms of your core and not just low back and do plenty of ab work as you are building your lower back. Personally, I do all my ab work weighted. Don't let anyone tell you that weighted ab work will make you fat, thick, blocky, or bulky. Overeating is the sole cause of all those things.

 

[squatpuke]

Thanks all....

I do my squats beltless unless I'm going real heavy, which I don't do much of...

I don't do DL's....but I do heavy/cheat bent BB rows...each one from a DL position....tough on the CNS...this one.

 

[bignate73]

GM's, GHR's, DL's, Beltless everything, always.