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08-10-2007, 12:20 PM
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Gender:  |  Anuj, the actual descent onto the box is fine. The sitting down is not the problem. You can only get better at that. What I am talking about is AFTER you sit down. What happens is people sit down and then RELAX. So that you get this little rocking back motion with your lower back...much like the butt-wink we were talking about on the other thread. Before you were doing that more. Now it has improved. But you cold still do better. So let me make this clear. What I am talking about is AFTER you have sat down on the box you still want to maintain the tightness in the lower back. If you do that all the other muscles will follow. It will protect the back more and also facilitate lift off. |
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08-10-2007, 12:44 PM
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Gender:  | oh...now i understand...i thought u meant i need to rock MORE...lol...what a horrible misunderstanding. thanks for clearing that up Eric. yes, i have been trying to minimize the rocking so when i read (or rather misread) what u wrote i was surprised but blamed on me perhaps skimming ur post....damnit, i was right all along!!! hahaha ok cool. i will keep myself tight as ever from now on  |
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08-10-2007, 12:46 PM
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Gender: | Oh, no I see where I was un-clear. I told you to look for that little rocking motion but I meant that as a reference as to what you want to AVOID! LOL, I made is sound like you want to achieve that. I guess a good way to look at it is that the bottom of the box squat shouldn't be much different than the bottom of your regular squat except you sitting on a box. |
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08-10-2007, 12:53 PM
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Gender: | haha....ill be careful with keeping the back tight from now on....i cant believe it but i havent done an upper body session in like 9 days now lol.... |
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08-10-2007, 03:01 PM
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Gender: | I do want you to work on controlling the descent more, btw. But you are doing well with it. If you concentrate on it you will be able to ease yourself onto the box even more gently. It's a low box so I'm not expecting miracles. The trick is to really concentrate on firing the glutes and hams. They will be the strongest brakers. |
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08-13-2007, 09:31 AM
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Gender: |  Summer '07 Upper-Lower Split LOWER 1 - WEEK 14 Workout:- Deadlifts = 1 set x 5 reps x 245 lbs (110 kgs) Overall Impression:- very short workout. |
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08-14-2007, 09:55 AM
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Gender: | Summer '07 Upper-Lower Split UPPER 1 - WEEK 14 Workout:- Incline Bench Press = 1 sets x 1 reps x 185 lbs (85 kgs) Overall Impression:- good workout. lol im doing an upper body workout after nearly 10-12 days...lol..... |
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