Bottom-position GM's...Height?

[JOKER47]

Is there a specific height that bottom-position GM's should be done from? I have seen 40" and 36" listed before.

Does it depend on the height of the person?
Do you target starting from whatever height is parallel for you?
Have I answered my own question here?

Thanks all,
Joker

 

[jeremys]

i think B and a couple other guys did them low from 36". i'm not exactly sure on that but i think that's right.

i dont know why. i'd think it'd be dangerous starting at an unnaturally low position

 

[JOKER47]

Yeah, B-Fold and Crimson King both do them from 36", I believe. I measured where I was doing them from last week, and got around 42-43". (Doing them off the safety bars of my cage.) I just started them a couple weeks ago, so they still feel a little strange.

Just wondering if there is a height I should start from right off the bat.

Joker

 

[rjl296]

I go about as far as i do on SLD, and sometimes maybe 2/3 that distance, sorry I dont know the exact height

 

[b fold the truth]

I do mine from 40". I am 6'2" and I still can't see much of a reason to go much deeper. The bar is not far above my hip bones at that height...and it is DEEP!!!! Just ask brian747478', Zach, and anyone else who did them here last weekend.

B True

 

[JOKER47]

I do mine from 40". I am 6'2" and I still can't see much of a reason to go much deeper. The bar is not far above my hip bones at that height...and it is DEEP!!!! Just ask brian747478', Zach, and anyone else who did them here last weekend.

B True

Sorry to mis-quote you on the 36".

So, are you suggesting that the starting point should not go below your hips?


Thanks,
Joker

 

[JDarty6173]

Personally I rotate 36" Chain Suspended, 40", 44", and Free Standing Arched Back.. On the 36" I add 2 sets of minis double choked. At that height the bands are still lose at the bottom but really kick in up around the 44" mark..

 

[b fold the truth]

Sorry to mis-quote you on the 36".

So, are you suggesting that the starting point should not go below your hips?


Thanks,
Joker

That is where it feels more like a power exercise to me... Anything lower and it feels like it is either erectors or hamstrings. I feel that I can effectively and efficeintly hit both with 40".

B True

 

[JOKER47]

That is where it feels more like a power exercise to me... Anything lower and it feels like it is either erectors or hamstrings. I feel that I can effectively and efficeintly hit both with 40".

B True

Thank you sir. I will play around with the height some still.


Joker

 

[zackdarnell]

I do mine from 40". I am 6'2" and I still can't see much of a reason to go much deeper. The bar is not far above my hip bones at that height...and it is DEEP!!!! Just ask brian747478', Zach, and anyone else who did them here last weekend.

B True

40" was pretty deep, at least for me. I'm 6'1"-6'2", and 40" was deep enough. Even the shorter guys were using that depth and it looked about right.