Bill Hartman

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  • Q & A for The 16% – Belt Squat – Strategies for Pelvic Orientation

    Q & A for The 16% – Belt Squat – Strategies for Pelvic Orientation

    Question: Could you go over the benefits of the belt squat. It seems to me the belt squat would have the best application to train the squat pattern best for those who are a wide, compressed A/P with an anterior orientation of the pelvis. If performed upright would the nature of the load weighted at the pelvis help promote counter nutation and expansion?

    In this video: I explain two possible ways to execute the belt squat. One that enhances strength for powerlifting and another that enhances your ability to reduce nutation to promote counternutation and improve hip mobility. There is no right or no wrong. Just better decisions and better ways to execute the belt squat to meet your needs.

    #beltsquat #powerlifting #billhartmanpt

     

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  • Padawan Lesson: Understanding Relative Motion and Orientation of the Hip and Pelvis

    Padawan Lesson: Understanding Relative Motion and Orientation of the Hip and Pelvis

    Padawan Lesson: Expand your view of what you’re measuring at the hip joint. Relative motions are occurring at all times. The pelvis should and will orient differently as you move the hip through its excursion. If we can appreciate this, we can better recognize what the body is demonstrating, and our interventions can be better targeted for success.

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  • 3 Exercise-Based on Concepts from My Morning Mobility Routine

    3 Exercise-Based on Concepts from My Morning Mobility Routine

    Question: In the newest episode of the IFAST podcast, you mentioned your daily mobility routine as part of your morning ritual. Can you talk about what you’re currently working on in that program and how it has changed for you over the last 4 years?

    In this video: I demonstrate 3 exercises I’ll use to help reduce the left propulsive strategy seen in many of your clients and athletes.

    #armbar #breathingexercises #billhartmanpt

     

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  • Why Does Your Shoulder Hurt When You Bench Press?

    Why Does Your Shoulder Hurt When You Bench Press?

    You want a big chest and a big bench press to go with it. Placing progressive demands on a muscle is a requirement for strength (aka force production) and hypertrophy (muscle growth).

    The consequences are bigger chest muscles and more weight on the bar. This can be a good thing. BUT there can be undesirable secondary consequences. The ability to acquire and maintain shoulder range of motion can be compromised. If the strategies that actually improve bench press strength levels are taken too far, pain or worse, a true injury, may occur. Many experience great success and may never have problems, but an unfortunate percentage will experience negative consequences.

    In this video:

    I discuss how these consequences arise that increase strain on a muscle, how this may be beneficial for performance, but also how this may compromise health and cause pain. While I use horizontal abduction range of motion, bench pressing, or doing dumbbell flys as examples, this type of strain applies everywhere in the body. For the record, I’m not demonizing the bench press or any exercise for that matter. My goal is to assure that you are making informed training decisions. Thanks for watching.

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  • Q & A for The 16% – Understanding Rotation Biases in Athletes

    Q & A for The 16% – Understanding Rotation Biases in Athletes

    Question: Can inhale and exhale strategies be unilateral or more pronounced in the left or right, more specifically in unilateral sports athletes such as baseball, softball, volleyball, hockey etc..?

    In this video: I show how an athlete creates rotation and how breathing and propulsive strategies can either support turning or prevent normal rotation from occurring.

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