Sentences with phrase «more upright your torso»

Also, the front squat encourages or, rather, insists on a much more upright torso position which means that your lower back is under much less stress compared to back squats.

That being said, because of the bar placement (anterior on the shoulders) and because one is able to maintain a more upright torso during its execution, most people will be able to achieve a much deeper depth with a front squat.

Not exact matches

Also, your torso remains much more upright and that cancels out the losing the lumbar curve problem.

I recommend women try placing a pillow or two under their pelvis and having their partner keep their torso more upright.

In a nutshell, the anatomic traits that are associated with a more upright squatting posture include: greater heel elevation, greater ankle dorsiflexion mobility, shorter femur length, longer torso length, wider stance width, more abduction, a higher bar position on the back, greater quadriceps strength and increased intent to target the knee extensors.

For rowing movements: Keep your torso a bit more upright (around 45 degrees) and pull the bar at an angle toward your waist and not your stomach.

The stabilization of the weight is in an anterior position and will demand a much more upright positioning with the torso.

This shortens the range of motion and keeps the torso more upright, which reduces the amount of shearing force placed on the spine.

A few other factors contribute to APT - first is scapular protraction / strong pressing muscles combined with weaker scapular retraction, which forces even more lower back arch to keep the torso more or less upright and head over the hips.

To achieve maximum back development, keep your torso nearly upright during the entire movement — it should not move forwards or backwards more than 10 degrees.

By keeping your elbows down you can maintain an upright torso and more efficiently transfer force from your lower half into the bar.

Your torso should remain close to parallel with the ground throughout the movement, unlike in the previously mentioned barbell row where your torso can remain more upright.

Due to the placement on the front of the shoulders instead of on the back, the front squat is more quad dominant, but also requires you to be able to keep your torso much more upright than with the back squat (both versions).

Due to the placement of the bar on your back, this version of the squat will require you to keep your torso more upright, so if you really struggled with this on your bodyweight squat, you will probably struggle keeping your chest up here.