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  • 02/17/2015 at 6:28 am in reply to: Can’t keep an upright squat #75800
    AvatarNancy Alwin
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    Newbie here but my thought is maybe she can feel where the restrictions appear in her body as shes attempting to squat with perfect form, and just work on those. Maybe what Rob said.

    02/17/2015 at 6:19 am in reply to: What is optimal scapula position? #75799
    AvatarNancy Alwin
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    David: 

    Yes I think that’s exactly what is happening. I’m using the “Body by science” lifting protocol as described by Doug Mcguff in the book with the same title, which has going to failure as a key point, and I think I’ll continue exploring it for a while longer. But yes I think I am compensating in the end because of this, and I’ll have to really keep an eye on myself not to do this.

    Regarding the ball, I’ve been doing that a bit and I think it has actually helped but not alleviated it completely. I could defenitely do it more though! Thanks for the advice.
    Baldr:

    I watched your videos, and maybe you already have but check out the first video in this thread by Evan Osher – If nothing else what he says and shows around 7 minutes in. As I understand it by doing what he describes we get kind of an ON-switch as you describe it in method one (but not by retracting!), that puts the scaps in a good relationship with the shoulders/ribcage, and then we maybe don’t have to care so much about when to retract or protract because we just keep them in place and do our business. This seems to give us a simple way to always have the scapulas in check.
    That is if the guy is right about this, and that I’ve understood it correctly. But it seems to make sense.
    02/13/2015 at 9:29 am in reply to: What is optimal scapula position? #75784
    AvatarNancy Alwin
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    Hey sorry for taking so long but thanks man, very informative video, which kind of confirmed my intuitions and more or less what I’ve been doing, which is nice so I’m more confident that I’m in the right direction. It feels kind of exaggerated to flare the scaps down and back and pinch them as opposed to keep them rotated the other way and taped against the rib cage as the video recommends, as far as I understood, which seems more organized and centered or something, and heck even aesthetically better ha.

    The question now is just why I still sometimes have a nagging pain in a point around my right shoulder blade. The video said something about depressing the blades but not too much, and I’m thinking maybe I’m overdoing it sometimes, not sure but something to watch. Another theory is that when I’m lifting heavy til failure that I’m losing form as I’m trying to crank out the last rep, and that something happens there with lasting effects. Also something to work on.

    If any other theories why I have that I’m grateful.

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