I'd like to clarify something I said. I think it should be fairly obvious that putting the head down is bad advice. I don't remember Rip saying to put the head down of course but as far as looking down I'll take Anuj's word for that. But what I really meant to say is that the body will tend to follow the EYES. I.E. I meant where you are looking is where the body will want to go. No matter whether it is a high bar or low bar squat or in between you want you upper body to stay high and tight as much as possible...you look down the shoulders tend to come down and the whole torse will follow. So don't look down. Or up, lol.
That vid..I don't know. I think it's important to differentiate between lumbar extension, hip extension, and THORACIC extension. You're not "lifting" your shouders as you should be trying to maintain that T-spine extension to some extent. That is going to help you matintain that tight lumbar extension which is going to ENABLE you to use those GLUTES and hams the get out of the hole. Way too much emphasis on hams for my book anyway...the glutes are the big movers in hip extension.
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