Post by Maximum6 on Feb 5, 2008 9:08:07 GMT -5
When I used to train I never found any feeling in the muscle I'm training.
I learned a long while ago that body positioning for the exercise is very important.
For shoulder pressing, standing or seated, the back must be flat. If you arch your back any bit you would tend to involve chest in the process. However I don't know if it is actually physiologically safe to do this. Most exercises call for a slight arch in the lower back..and I'm assuming the NEUTRAL position of the spine is arched as well.
This also goes with my question with cg benchpress. In cg benchpress the goal is to develop tricep strength...but again...I used to stick my chest out too much and end up doing a chest exercise instead of my goal of gaining tricep strength. Keeping my back flat on the bench would result in less chest and likely more shoulder/tricep involvement..which are weaker muscles I'm trying to train. Would keeping back flat be safe?
When I say I keep my back flat..I literally mean flat...as in I crunch down on my abdominals to force my body away from a neutral position. I find when I'm exhausted on shoulder presss my body will tend to want to arch the back to allow my chest to push the weight...but I force myself to keep my back flat by crunching down on abs...and I definitely feel my shoulders work.
I learned a long while ago that body positioning for the exercise is very important.
For shoulder pressing, standing or seated, the back must be flat. If you arch your back any bit you would tend to involve chest in the process. However I don't know if it is actually physiologically safe to do this. Most exercises call for a slight arch in the lower back..and I'm assuming the NEUTRAL position of the spine is arched as well.
This also goes with my question with cg benchpress. In cg benchpress the goal is to develop tricep strength...but again...I used to stick my chest out too much and end up doing a chest exercise instead of my goal of gaining tricep strength. Keeping my back flat on the bench would result in less chest and likely more shoulder/tricep involvement..which are weaker muscles I'm trying to train. Would keeping back flat be safe?
When I say I keep my back flat..I literally mean flat...as in I crunch down on my abdominals to force my body away from a neutral position. I find when I'm exhausted on shoulder presss my body will tend to want to arch the back to allow my chest to push the weight...but I force myself to keep my back flat by crunching down on abs...and I definitely feel my shoulders work.
