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      AvatarJonathan Sangers
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        Hi guys,


        New in the forum and writing from
        Spain (apologies for my English).

         

        Love to see all the help and knowledge in the
        site!! Thanks to everyone.

         

        I am 35, 178 cms tall and 70 kilograms. I am in
        a decent good shape and love Crossfit (which I have been doing for almost a
        year).

        I used to be very competitive at canoeing.
        Practised it from 10 to 18 years old and won several championships. Calm waters
        and K1 mainly.

        I have red, Supple leopard and deskbound so I
        have some idea about mobilisation technics.

        I also follow mobility WOD recovery. I do +30
        minutes of mobilisation at least 4 days a week (some weeks even 6 days).

         

        OK, enough background. Let’s get to it:

         

        Mi front rack sucks. To a limit I cannot tell
        you… But please figure: due to its limitation, I almost can snatch what I can
        clean…
        . I can
        not lift my elbow any close to parallel and cannot separate my hand to catch
        the bar from farther than my shoulders. In fact, I cannot make the bar rest in
        my shoulders so I have to basically hang de bar…

        If I have to do heavy front squat, I do a
        variation of zombie with my arms crossed. Real problems are cleans, thursters,
        clusters… You name it.

         

        Main problems/limitations:

         

        • I
          have very tight (and big) lats (canoeing to be blame I assume)
        • Also
          very tight rhomboid, serratus and supraspinatus (hard to say which one is
          tighter)
        • Limited
          external rotation shoulder (I suffer to do floor slides and have to use
          some weight to bring my hands to touch the floor).

         

        As I have said, I am 100% committed to improve
        it and I am doing a lot of mobility at home prior to go to bed.

         

        I am doing basically all exercises listed in
        page 454 of becoming a supple leopard for addressing front rack issues and some
        more.

         

        Have to say that I am not seeing much progress even
        if 2/3 months have elapsed…

         

        And my questions are:

         

        1. Can
          it be generally solved? I know without seeing me it difficult to say. My
          doctor said nothing was wrong but I do not set progress.

         

        1. From
          a severe case like me, how long should I expect to wait until some
          improvements are reached?? I am committed but just would like to know if
          we are talking about 6 months or 3 years…

         

        Thank you very much in advance for your help
        and comments. Much appreciated.

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