[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on August 14, 2011 at 9:21 am #17755

I wanted to post this video because Nick does a great job of sharing some key details of exercise technique. While I have yet to see Nick train someone, his videos are very well articulated and he has a great balanced view of training. He doesn’t get caught up in the dangers in sport and has a very honest look at the reality of things. He is a free thinker and shares what he believes. Nick took a

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[Rune Brix]

Rune Brix on August 14, 2011 at 9:39 am #109950

that last point was great if you want to avoid lumbal flexion and rotation as that is what he did with the swing which was not corrected. But i am unsure if closed chain internal rotation of the hip is a good ideer. In most sports setting the foot aligns, but in this situation the foot is stuck. Thoughts?

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on August 15, 2011 at 6:00 am #109980

I will have to dig up the research on foot mobility and exercise. Even dancing and ballet show change in the both soft tissue and joint mobility tests. Making some exercises more rapid and effective is key as doing 3 hours of ballet for some foot health is a poor ROI.

[Rich Tolman(mr-glove)]

Rich Tolman(mr-glove) on August 16, 2011 at 8:19 am #109996

Nice comments with which I agree.

Does it make sense to forcefully drive this internal rotation of the support leg? I prefer the support leg weight to be more on the ball of the foot and lightly in contact with the ground so that it can move to follow the swing leg. I imagine this reduces the torque on the lumbar spine?

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on August 16, 2011 at 10:28 am #109998

Nice comments with which I agree.

Does it make sense to forcefully drive this internal rotation of the support leg? I prefer the support leg weight to be more on the ball of the foot and lightly in contact with the ground so that it can move to follow the swing leg. I imagine this reduces the torque on the lumbar spine?

The exercise is swinging a leg back and forth. If we fear this too much then why train! Everything in moderation I guess but I think that this shouldn’t be a problem. Internal rotation is ok, so long as the forces are no excessive. What those are I don’ t know. I am not claiming that is going to fix “HIRD” or other issues but how much not if is usually the answer.

Unless teams are having massive herniation rates from leg swings with moderate heights and moderate swing velocities ( the hamstring length usually creates a nuchal action) I am not worries.

[Rich Tolman(mr-glove)]

Rich Tolman(mr-glove) on August 16, 2011 at 8:41 pm #110005

It’s funny that for the last 20 years I never thought about torque on the lumbar spine while doing or teaching leg swings. Makes one wonder if this is represents an advancement in training or slight paranoia.