Hey, Boris. Yes. I did see that you addressed some of those points I mentioned in later vids. Also, let me say that I LIKE the videos a lot. Anything I say I hope you don't take as a criticism but more as something I just happen to think is important. Nobody can address every thing that may be pertinent in one vid and I totally agree that people would need to view them holistically. So my purpose was to have someone recognize a very likely cause of GM's out of the hole in case they didn't put the two issues together.
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I agree wholeheartedly that GMs out of the hole can be caused by weaknesses - only a moron would argue otherwise, especially if the problem is only surfacing when doing heavy singles, doubles, and triples. We could probably argue about what is a flexibility issue, what is a strength/weakness issue, and what is a form issue, but I hope we can agree that they are all interrelated.
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I wholeheartedly agree that they are interrelated. In fact I think it would be silly of us to discuss what is a strength/weakness and what is a flexibility problem because these things tend to be tied together. An example would be having tight and hypertonic upper traps (probably pretty common) and loose and inhibited lower and mid traps resulting in compromised shoulder girdle. So in simple terms you have something that is strong, overpowering, and could benefit from stretching and something that is inhibited and "loose" and could benefit from more strengthening and activation. It would be rare to have one without it's opposite
So in my post I didn't mention all of that but it is a BIG part of it and I didn't intend to discount any of it. Hell, it gets even more complicated when you realize that a muscle can be long and "tight" at the same time. I gurantee that if there is a weakness causing GM's out of the hole (a very common problem that I'm glad you put up front) then there is also tight and hypertonic areas that need stretching. Hip flexors, lumbar erectors and maybe even hams if the glutes are inhibited.
Your points about form are well taken!
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