More Scary Technique
Posted by admin on March 27th, 2008
I was training yesterday and noticed an older guy (probably in his 60’s) training relatively heavy. Although his technique left a “little” to be desired, I had to give him credit. That is until I saw his seated press behind the neck in the smith machine – that made me wince. I am not a fan of the smith machine but given the limitations in equipment in the gym, it is an option. (I train in the only gym in the town I live in Japan and machines dominate.) The press in question included a bounce off the shoulders, in which the guy’s shoulder girdle dropped several inches with a simultaneous partial hip and knee extension. Add to this the amount of back movement the action required , it was all in all a scary technique. As I have written before some cheat movements are fine but not at the expense of your body.
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