Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 8/1/12
Written on August 1, 2012 at 7:52 am, by Eric Cressey
Here’s this week’s list of recommended strength and conditioning reading:
Four Must-Try Mobility Drills – In case you haven’t already seen this, it’s a article I had published at Arnold Schwartzenegger’s website yesterday, including a lengthy video.
Everything You Need to Know about the Hip Thrust – This is a thorough blog post from Bret Contreras on “everything hip thrust.” Bret’s devoted his career to glutes and pioneered this exercise, so you could say that he’s an authority on the matter.
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There are several versions of the yoga push up. The version I use starts from the down dog position moving, in one continuous motion, to upward facing dog. The movement should be a fluid motion; in moving from down dog to upward facing dog you sort of perform a “scooping” motion where the face and then the chest almost come in contact with the floor as you move into the finished position. You perform the movement in reverse to get back to the starting position.
I avoid that version because of the lumbar hyperextension in the bottom position, as well as the tendency to create excessive scapular depression and humeral anterior glide from the overactive lats.
August 1st, 2012 at 9:32 am
There are several versions of the yoga push up. The version I use starts from the down dog position moving, in one continuous motion, to upward facing dog. The movement should be a fluid motion; in moving from down dog to upward facing dog you sort of perform a “scooping” motion where the face and then the chest almost come in contact with the floor as you move into the finished position. You perform the movement in reverse to get back to the starting position.
August 1st, 2012 at 9:46 am
I love reading “He’s a Big, Strong Kid.”
Thanks for the material Coach.
August 1st, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Thanks, Erik!
August 1st, 2012 at 7:44 pm
James,
I avoid that version because of the lumbar hyperextension in the bottom position, as well as the tendency to create excessive scapular depression and humeral anterior glide from the overactive lats.
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Great mobility drills! Thanks! Im always looking for new warm ups to do with my clients.
Thanks again!
August 2nd, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Thanks, Luke!