the best pump in my tricep ever! the outer head of it

[b fold the truth]

DrBones: You know a lot more about what you are talking about in your post than I do. A lot of it is over my head...

I know that when people lose a lift (Squat or Dead) it helps if they have trained their back in a rounded manner to help them pull off the lift without injury. Many of my events are with a rounded back (stones, tire, conan's wheel, etc...) so exercises with a rounded back (zercher squats, rounded back GM's) are good for me and to prevent injury.

Also...the WSB guys suggest it...

Good thoughts though...very good thoughts.

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B Fold, I'm training for aggressive inline, (basically rollerblading with jumping around and over stuff, not a 'real' sport) and so I'm working mostly on core strength, for vertical leap and injury prevention: deads, squats. since it's not possible to always keep a straight back during my sport, would you suggest some rounded back exercises added to my routine?

I was doing some dumbbell straight-leg deads, allowing my back to round at the bottom. this mimicked a position I find myself in a lot after an unbalanced landing. they felt great actually, should I keep doing them?

I really can't see why anyone would do rounded back stiff legged deads unless it was with SUPER LIGHT WEIGHTS!!!! You could do Zercher Squats or rounded back GM's or reverse hypers to strengthen the same area SAFER!!!

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[DanielBishop]

I'm no biologist....

.... but if it works for him, why not?

One of your said that just because it doesn't hurt now, doesn't mean it won't hurt later.... couldn't that apply to any exercise that any of us are doing all the time? I knew someone who developed joint problems and arthritis simply from walking a lot.... yep, just walking. Her natural walking gait was a bit strange and she walked around all the time in her younger years, but felt no pain at the time. So we could all be doing ourselves damage and not knowing it, if that's your mentality.

On the same token, I've known guys who did behind-the-neck pull-ups and presses all their life and have no problems. It all depends on the individual.

 

[DrBones]

DrBones: You know a lot more about what you are talking about in your post than I do. A lot of it is over my head...

I definitely respect everything you've been saying and so I decided to take it to my chiropractor today... Heres what he told me

He goes to A LOT of chiropractic seminars...
What the general consensus is on people from the western society is that the BEST position for one to keep their back in is the natural curvature of the spine...
HOWEVER, to give some credit to you and WSB, studies have been done on Eastern society, MAINLY asian women who pick vegetables from the ground, who are bent over ALL day with their backs CONTANTLY bent.... What they've found with them is ABSOLUTELY no back problems, due mainly to the strengthening and lengthening of the ligaments in the back... another factor slightly overlooked was the strengthening of the muscles in the back... just like you've been saying....

We discussed this for a bit, and he said that this could be a slightly evolutionary prosess since they have been doing this for centuries... and that its probably in my best interest to continue keeping my back in a natural curve while lifting....

My advice to you, since you have been doing lifts in this manner for some time, for both your own safety and for the purpose of finding the underlying truth, would be to head over to your local chirpractor, and getting him/her to take bi-anual ex-rays to make sure you are not causing yourself health problems with your back...

While my back is fucked in the upper portion, my lower back is in AMAZING condition.. I attribute it to the effort I have put in to keeping my back in the most natural curve position I'm capable of...

Please don't think I'm trying to discredit you or WSB.. I'm just trying to relay the things my doctor has told me....

Thanks for listening

 

[DanielBishop]

Picking vegetables is cool.

 

[b fold the truth]

Interesting info for sure...

Note that I don't go super hard or heavy on rounded back exercises...

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