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Re: Bulging disc questions
Posted By: TIM SWORDS (c-98-198-121-121.hsd1.tx.comcast.net)
In Response To: Bulging disc questions (Jim Cav)
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008, @ 10:14 a.m.
MOST AMERICAN ATHLETES HAVE DONE SITUPS OR CRUNCHES DURING THEIR SPORTS LIFE!
THESE EXERCISES ARE NOT ENOUGH. VERY FEW OF US HAVE PREPFORMED ROTATIONAL ABDOMINAL TRAINING OR EVEN TRANSVERSE AB TRAINING.
I WAS VERY STRONG AS A ATHLETE STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN AND GOING STRAIGHT FORWARD.
I WAS NOT AS STRONG GOING TO THE SIDE AND MAKING CONTACT FROM THE SIDE (FOOTBALL LIFE).
ANYWAY I EXPERIENCED A HERNIATED DISC 6 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS 46 YEARS AND WAS TRAINING FOR THE MASTERS NATIONALS. I WAS DOING A JERK OF THE RACK AND I TORQUED MY LOWER BACK. THE MRI SAID I HAD A HERNIATED L 5.
THE ANTERIER TIBIALIS ATROPHIED (LEFT CALF) AND I COULDN'T WALK PROPERLY. I COULD NOT PERFORM DORSA FLEXION IN THE LEFT FOOT. I WAS PRETTY DARN PISSED OFF ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT WAS SELF INDUCED. A CHIRO HELPED ME GET THE BACK IN SHAPE AND I STARTED TO WORK THE TRANSVERSE ABDOMINALS HARD AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM SINCE.
I WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO DEADLIFT 650 LBS BECAUSE IT WAS STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, BUT WEAKER THAN POND WATER TO THE SIDES.
MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO MAKE DAMN SURE YOU KEEP THE HIPS FLEXERS AND HAMSTRINGS STRETCHED AND TRAIN THE ENTIRE ABDOMINAL AREA..
PLANKS WORKED THE BEST FOR ME. USE THE BELT AND BREATHE INTO THE ABDOMIN AND THEN TIGHTEN THE STOMACH AFTER IT IS FULL OF AIR. ITS LIKE PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE. TIGHTEN THE STOMACH AS YOU PUSH AGAINST THE BELT.
ALWAYS KEEP THE BACK SET AND REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PUSH THE BAR OFF THE FLOOR WHEN BREAKING GRAVITY IN THE FIRST PULL OR IN THE SQUATS.
ONCE YOU HAVE MASTERED THIS BREATHING INTO THE STOMACH TECHNIQUE, YOUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT BIG WEIGHTS AGAIN WILL COME QUICKLY.
COACH T
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