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Strongman Archaeology
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." - 1 Peter 5:8
You just can't beat distracted stretching: performing another movement while another area is stretched. I started doing this 25 years or so ago as a way to distract myself from the pain of stretching. In this case, l'm 'hanging' on stretched Piriformi as l row in the original style of straight legs with 150lb. Feet are MAXIMALLY turned in to lock the Piriformi into a stretched position. See that little pre-stretch dip before each rep? This adds to the stretching. Of course, the Lower Back & Hamstrings(especially the Leg Biceps) get stretched, too. Instead of just trying to push a stretch further and not really know HOW MUCH work l put into the stretch cuz it's totally by feel, l can quantify my work. After the first set of 8, l could ALREADY feel everything loosening up. After three sets, l can feel everything from Lower Back to the back of the knees was ready to go. Hope this idea helps you with your training goals. God Bless.
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Transcript
00:01So these are Lou Ferrigno 50-pound plates, and they're probably the size of a standard
00:08style Olympic 35 cast athlete.
00:13That and standing on these 90-pound plates should give me the extra range of motion I'm
00:17looking for, turning the legs in internal rotation so I can get some stretch on my piriformis
00:24muscles.
00:50Praise the Lord, that's good.
00:52It's like 150 pounds there about, maybe 149.
00:57That's a good stretch.
01:00So this is going to be set to of this original style bent rows, but with the feet turned in.
01:08And at my hips, my piriformis are already feeling better.
01:12It's really nice how this simply works.
01:36Yeah.
01:37Praise the Lord, that just feels so good.
01:43I wish you could feel how good that feels.
01:45One, two, three, four, four, five, six, five, six, six, seven, seven, eight, eight, eight,
01:53one, five, six, seven, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, nine, eight, nine, eight, ten, eight,
02:10oh yeah it's stretching all the way down into the inside of the back of the knees
02:21wow there's a lot it feels good so that's strength tech collars 1980s york power bar
02:30in lieu of frigno 50 pound plates please let us do good work

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