When you understand the relationships of position, compression, and expansion of the axial skeleton, you can use any number of supplementary exercises to support your movement goals. Many times, rehab exercises are not necessary to recapture hip range of motion that we lose in association with heavy strength training. Supplementary exercises like half-kneeling activities can […]
Hip internal rotation
Q & A for The 16%… Wide Infrasternal Angle vs Narrow Infrasternal Angle Relationships
I’ve been getting a lot of similar questions that appear to be related to understanding my references to wide infrasternal angles vs. narrow infrasternal angles. When breathing is restricted such that full inhalation or full exhalation cannot be achieved, the infrasternal angle (ISA) provides guidance as to what compensatory strategy is being utilized to maintain […]
Q & A for The 16% – Hip Mechanics that Increase Hip External Rotation
Talking about possible influences on hip internal and external rotation. There are plenty of clues in the anatomy. Anatomy texts rarely talk about real, living humans and try to apply dead guy anatomy to movement. It doesn’t work and often creates a limiting, confusing model. Naming muscles external rotators is wrong because as we move, […]
Bill Hartman’s Weekly Q & A for the 16% – December 1, 2019
This week on YouTube: Bill Hartman’s Weekly Q & A for the 16% – November 24, 2019: https://youtu.be/aLo5oSUJVrY How to Use Lifting Belts as a Teaching Tool: https://youtu.be/vec1-JgSR_k The IFAST Podcast #4 with Mike Robertson and Bill Hartman – Incentives and Word of Mouth Marketing: https://youtu.be/p4AMnsWyLpQ Before you prescribe I,T,Y exercises, consider the consequences: https://youtu.be/12J8RFt7zaA […]
Weekly Update and Q & A for November 24, 2019
I had to miss the Q & A last week because of The Intensive IX, so here are the links to this week’s YouTube videos: The IFAST Podcast #2 – The IFAST Internship: https://youtu.be/kvCH0TtVak8 How to Introduce Rolling into Assessments, Breathing, and Training: https://youtu.be/YNvyF8BSMWA The IFAST Podcast #3 – How We Hire at IFAST (and […]