The Waiter's Bow
The sit and reach test stinks. Why? Well, it does not allow one to discriminate between hip and lumbar spine flexion. It tells you NOTHING. The initial testing position puts the hip/torso in 90 degrees of flexion to start; that is an end-range hip flexion position for many. For most, this is only a tortuous test of lumbar flexion. Ever had the pleasure of making a wrestling room full of 9th grade boys try to sit up against the wall while keeping their knees extended? I prefer to use the Waiter's Bow as a assessment tool, and as a warm up or cool down exercise. My goal is to create hip extensor mobility in the context of the neutral spine. The Waiter's Bow is a weight-bearing, AROM test of flexibility that allows you to discriminate hip flexion from lumbar spine flexion. The Waiter's Bow is, in my book, a basic movement comprehension skill everyone should learn. It lays a foundation for advanced training skills and the neutral-spine body awareness that is critica...
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What's next? Red Bull as part of warm ups?
Jill
What's next? Red Bull as part of warm ups?
Jill
Olympic Training Center sponsor by Coca Cola.
Coca Cola is the new sponsor for the Olympic Training Center.
Great commercial!!!
YEs, Red Bulls, Rock Star.
BED
Maybe you should leave your real name, and give some credibility to yourself and the USOC.
Please, enlighten us as to the good work the USOC and its sponsors are doing to faciliate athlete recovery. Send a picture or a video. We'd love to hear you say something of substance. And if you are here, please feel free to give me and our campers a tour to show us how they can facilitate their recovery.
Tracy