[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on September 17, 2009 at 11:25 pm #16192

One exercise that I think is a great option for those with oblique systems that tend to fail during top speed are oblique fly pulls. This exercise needs a lot of focus as it must be done slow with control. I consider this a hybrid between motor control and strength development as olympic lifts/sprinting/plyos tend to prepare the specific loading. I do think that the cook chops are good warm-up exe

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[mortac8]

mortac8 on September 18, 2009 at 11:10 am #89365

I will go off to left field a bit here. How about quick therapy for the abdominal/oblique area. I have found you can get some nice ab/oblique activity (enhanced firing…whatever you want to call it) with a couple minutes of therapy… this effect would of course be enhanced with prior training such as the oblique pulls above.

Kinda like the TPTherapy demos where they therapy the hell out of your foot and lower calf then when you jog around your foot feels much lighter and active…same deal.

Prepare to prepare then prepare what you have prepared.

[Rich Tolman(mr-glove)]

Rich Tolman(mr-glove) on September 18, 2009 at 9:29 pm #89377

Thanks for posting the video.

Obviously she’s in a kneeling position. I’d like to hear your opinion on progressions with this exercise. Do you move on to standing version? Do you use single arm pull? Do you alternate arms?