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that being said, i think when you get into a habbit of falling in love with deadlifting heavy, one tends to sacrifice form, very slowly, over time, for weight. leading to impropper muscle firing. i believe it was Nathan who discussed the problems of having inflexible hips, a weak abdomen, and weak glutes, and deadlifting.
you begin to deadlift heavy, and force your body into awful posture (which is what i have done to myself).
if you deadlift, make sure your using flawless form, and feeling the squeeze. my suggestion for people who are afraid of injuring themselves, is to never deadlift more than they can "comfortably" shrug while their ass is clenched...
desmond
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Should many of us be doing glute activation exercises or hip flexer stretches to ensure the glutes are firing? I can never feel my glutes in the negative of a squat, and was surprised to find today that the partial squat (first time I did it) was felt more in my glutes than the ATG squat
good idea. im going to give these a shot:
How to Optimize Posterior Chain Power: Glute Activation | StrongLifts.com
desmond
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I stumbled on the exact same link and was going to also give it a shot. Be interesting to see whether it increase squat numbers too.
I don't feel my glutes at all in the negative part of the squat - is this strange???? They only seem to do anything in the positive.
Also trying some of those exercises I realised I had poor glute activation.
There is also this:
T-Nation.com | Get Your Butt In Gear! - Part 1
T-Nation.com | Get Your Butt In Gear! - Part 2
T-Nation.com | Glute Training for Dudes
desmond
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When a muscle doesn't grow it grows in a less desirable shape, is it possible that it or a part of the muscle isn't activated.
E.g., relative to my size, my quads are developed in the inner part above the knee, but not developed on the outer (more attractive side). Is this genetics, or really just that for whatever reason I haven't learned to use that part of the muscle well - like people with lazy glutes.
Similarly my upper chest wide is great (again relative to my overall side), but not upper middle. I don't feel exercises there either. Is this again something that could be improved by activation?
Should we flex/squeeze our target muscles to awaken them b4 doing the exercise in general?
By analogy, as stretching loosens, weakens and deactivates muscles, could we use this to deactivate potential synergists - e.g. bisceps on back exercises, shoulders on bench, to diminish the role of the synergist and more greatly employ our target
E.g., relative to my size, my quads are developed in the inner part above the knee, but not developed on the outer (more attractive side). Is this genetics, or really just that for whatever reason I haven't learned to use that part of the muscle well - like people with lazy glutes.
Similarly my upper chest wide is great (again relative to my overall side), but not upper middle. I don't feel exercises there either. Is this again something that could be improved by activation?
Should we flex/squeeze our target muscles to awaken them b4 doing the exercise in general?
By analogy, as stretching loosens, weakens and deactivates muscles, could we use this to deactivate potential synergists - e.g. bisceps on back exercises, shoulders on bench, to diminish the role of the synergist and more greatly employ our target
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Back problems that I have had all can be traced back to using bad form. The knee bone is connected to the thigh bone and so on. If my neck is kinked its because shoulder press was uneven or I turned my neck.
Same goes for squats, I have subconsciously favored my left leg due to a bad ankle break a few years ago. This resulted in all kinds of problems because I over developed other areas. led to physical therapy. Once you can see the problem it is correctable. But until then its frustrating as hell.
Same goes for squats, I have subconsciously favored my left leg due to a bad ankle break a few years ago. This resulted in all kinds of problems because I over developed other areas. led to physical therapy. Once you can see the problem it is correctable. But until then its frustrating as hell.
Go to a chiropractor for an adjustment.
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Yes, see a Chiropractor. All your muscles are connected to bones, so if the bones are misaligned it will pull the muscles tight...tight muscles will pull the bones out of align. You can massage until your hands fall off, but if the structural problem isn't corrected than the problem will keep coming back.
After doing all the work on muscles, make sure to take care of your structure also (joints, back, etc.)
I'm a Chiropractor and I see some bodybuilders in my office all the time. They all report they lift better and more pain free when lined up. Think of it this way: if you doing are doing deadlifts or squats and you already have your pelvis out of line (let's say the right side of the pelvis is higher than the other) than you are going to get alot of muscle, joint, ligament and tendon wear and tear. If this keeps up over time then your joint will develop arthritis, you'll have chronic pain, etc.
Please keep this in mind, the longer you wait to fix something, the longer it takes to get it fixed. As I said on her before, Franco Columbo was a Chiropractor and Arnold would often get adjusted by him. If the best of the best did it, I think it would be good for all of us!
Hope this helps some of you bros!
After doing all the work on muscles, make sure to take care of your structure also (joints, back, etc.)
I'm a Chiropractor and I see some bodybuilders in my office all the time. They all report they lift better and more pain free when lined up. Think of it this way: if you doing are doing deadlifts or squats and you already have your pelvis out of line (let's say the right side of the pelvis is higher than the other) than you are going to get alot of muscle, joint, ligament and tendon wear and tear. If this keeps up over time then your joint will develop arthritis, you'll have chronic pain, etc.
Please keep this in mind, the longer you wait to fix something, the longer it takes to get it fixed. As I said on her before, Franco Columbo was a Chiropractor and Arnold would often get adjusted by him. If the best of the best did it, I think it would be good for all of us!
Hope this helps some of you bros!
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