Standing loaded 'pike & fold'
Weighted mobility development
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1m 14s
THE WHAT & WHY:
A simple loaded front-folding context which comes into its own when the variation holding the bar UNDER the step is available. When you find yourself on the "edge" of this range, the bar can then be used to "block" against the underside of the step and to pull against into even deeper end-ranges.
If range to hold the bar-under-step is not available, the integrated movement can simply be performed standing on an elevated surface (i.e. a step or weight-plates) whilst holding the bar in the hands. In this way it resembles the bottom position of a ‘Jefferson curl’, of course without the articulation phases of spinal flexion and extension.
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