Question: Hi there, Bill!! This is Fabrizio from Italy. Hope you are fine. I would like to know what happens when you exhale on the way down of a “squatty squat” (goblet or Zercher plus heel wedge for example). Are you actually biasing an expansion/inhaled exercise variation towards a more compressed strategy in this case?? […]
Bill Hartman PT
Q & A for The 16% – Bones and Shape Change for Bigger Lifts, Higher Jumps, and Better Breathing
Movement professionals tend to see a limited view of the human system. Focus is placed on the muscles and tendons, but the skeleton is under-appreciated. Bones bend, twist, compress and expand. They store and release a great deal of energy making them essential in the process of human performance. In this video: I explain how […]
Q & A for The 16% – Rotator Cuff and Scapular Muscle Activity – Yielding and Overcoming Represented
Question: I was just reading through “The role of shoulder muscles is task-specific” by Boettcher et. al (2010, Journal of science and medicine in sport) which found that in 90 degrees of shoulder abduction: – trapezius and serratus EMG activation increased with isometric external rotation – trapezius and serratus activation dropped to nearly zero with […]
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 […]
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 […]