by Rob
Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:38 pm
Hi John,
Great session on weight training last night.
I was struggling with one (well more than one, but the others can wait) aspect of the practical for the "get set" prior to dead lift or bottom of the "squats":
You stressed the importance of keeping feet flat on the floor. If starting in the upright position with the bar across my shoulders in readiness to do some squats I could not go down very far at all without my heels lifting from the floor. I could get a bit further by leaning forward a little but then felt my lower back pulling a bit - I'm assuming that's not good!
Now again I'm guessing that my heels won't stay down due to very tight tendons somewhere - I'm not the most supple athlete around and I'm sure its worse than usual after heavy miles at the weekend....
So how should I approach this? Do the squats with good form but not actually move very far and allow the squat exercise itself to loosen things up over a period of time? Please don't say I need to do some stretching - I hate it - it hurts.
Rob
Great session on weight training last night.
I was struggling with one (well more than one, but the others can wait) aspect of the practical for the "get set" prior to dead lift or bottom of the "squats":
You stressed the importance of keeping feet flat on the floor. If starting in the upright position with the bar across my shoulders in readiness to do some squats I could not go down very far at all without my heels lifting from the floor. I could get a bit further by leaning forward a little but then felt my lower back pulling a bit - I'm assuming that's not good!
Now again I'm guessing that my heels won't stay down due to very tight tendons somewhere - I'm not the most supple athlete around and I'm sure its worse than usual after heavy miles at the weekend....
So how should I approach this? Do the squats with good form but not actually move very far and allow the squat exercise itself to loosen things up over a period of time? Please don't say I need to do some stretching - I hate it - it hurts.
Rob