Ashtar
Dec-05-07, 06:12 AM
I was doing this stretch at the bus stop and it felt really nice, but I couldn't really remember it from any guides or whatever, so I'm wondering if anyone knows if it is within some kind of program, like maybe a yoga position or something, so that I could read up on it. I'll give a description.
Basically, I sort of started doing it because of this guy on a steamroller in this 4chan montage thing I saw on YouTube, combined with my strange fascination with the triceps kickback.
I think it stretches the biceps, the anterior deltoids, the abs, the hip flexors, and possibly the upper back (but not the lower back, it contracts) I'm not sure.
Basically to begin with, you are standing up in a neutral position. You straighten(extend) your elbows. At first I was doing it neutrally but then I realized I may as well pronate them, though it doesn't really matter, you can kind of move them around.
You force your arms behind you as much as possible, contracting the posterior deltoids, and trying to raise the elbows and hands by forcing them back.
In the meantime, you sort of flex your neck forward. As your arms go back, your back basically archs and your weight shifts forward. Your knees should still be sort of straight, because your feet are flat on the ground, but your ankles are kind of dorsiflexing a bit.
By flexing your spine (crunching sorta) it helps to raise the dumbbells up too, it just naturally happens when you focus on getting them up, but it should sort of happen with the arms leading. But it's weird because it really doesn't feel like you're crunching, it feels like the stretch you get during a backbend. It almost feels like your upper torso spine is flexing and your lower spine is extending, like making an S but I know that doesn't happen right? I dunno.
I just tried it again this time holding a couple 5lb dumbbells, it sort of alters it a bit. It actually felt less intense, I think because you can't attain the same arm RoM due to the resistance. It'd probably come over time, dunno if the strength's transferable to the unweighted or not. I guess kind of like a static-active stretch for the biceps/antdelt done by contracting the triceps/postdelt.
I'm not actually sure of the purpose of all this, I just find it feels really cool and fun. You sort of arch forward. It's diferent from a backbend I guess because rather than putting your arms overhead they're under you.
Basically, I sort of started doing it because of this guy on a steamroller in this 4chan montage thing I saw on YouTube, combined with my strange fascination with the triceps kickback.
I think it stretches the biceps, the anterior deltoids, the abs, the hip flexors, and possibly the upper back (but not the lower back, it contracts) I'm not sure.
Basically to begin with, you are standing up in a neutral position. You straighten(extend) your elbows. At first I was doing it neutrally but then I realized I may as well pronate them, though it doesn't really matter, you can kind of move them around.
You force your arms behind you as much as possible, contracting the posterior deltoids, and trying to raise the elbows and hands by forcing them back.
In the meantime, you sort of flex your neck forward. As your arms go back, your back basically archs and your weight shifts forward. Your knees should still be sort of straight, because your feet are flat on the ground, but your ankles are kind of dorsiflexing a bit.
By flexing your spine (crunching sorta) it helps to raise the dumbbells up too, it just naturally happens when you focus on getting them up, but it should sort of happen with the arms leading. But it's weird because it really doesn't feel like you're crunching, it feels like the stretch you get during a backbend. It almost feels like your upper torso spine is flexing and your lower spine is extending, like making an S but I know that doesn't happen right? I dunno.
I just tried it again this time holding a couple 5lb dumbbells, it sort of alters it a bit. It actually felt less intense, I think because you can't attain the same arm RoM due to the resistance. It'd probably come over time, dunno if the strength's transferable to the unweighted or not. I guess kind of like a static-active stretch for the biceps/antdelt done by contracting the triceps/postdelt.
I'm not actually sure of the purpose of all this, I just find it feels really cool and fun. You sort of arch forward. It's diferent from a backbend I guess because rather than putting your arms overhead they're under you.