Ive always walked around sucking my stomach in because i was super fat and self conscious as a kid. Still do (body does it normally at this point). Still am.
Ive been working HARD on corrective exercises (bringing weak points up so the chain gets stronger) and mobility (not just stretching but weighted stretches to help me get strong in the new ROM (otherwise, the chit will HURT)). But ive always had low back pain and no glutes (gluteal amnesia). My quads have always been super strong, hams were....meh.
Anyway, i'm wondering if sucking my gut in is the primary reason for gluteal amnesia and in turn, my lumbar arthritis.
I forgot to mention that i tend to walk "softly." Grew up living above my parents and didnt want to bother them too much. When you walk, this happens:
1.) Heel Strike
2.) Mid stance
3.) Toe off
4.) Heel strike
etc
The toe off is one of the final signals to the brain to activate the glutes. No toe off, no signal. I guess ive been driving in with my midfoot.
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03-15-2024, 07:25 PM #1
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I doubt it, keeping your core tight is the way to maintain proper posture.
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Yes and no. Its MUCH more about a balance between all the core muscles and the legs, mainly the posterior chain. Also, your abs are only a small link in the chain that makes up the core. Contracting your abs is not at all the same thing as bracing your core
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Hmm...I do also have a compensation curve in my spine. Makes my right shoulder sit a bit higher than the left and my right hip is higher up which makes it seem like one leg is shorter. In reality, a LOT of people have the exact same issue, especially if they played sports. There is a reason we have a dominant/strong side that is much more dextile than the other. Mine is just more pronounced than most of them. But also, there are people with the EXACT same issues and severity that dont have as many problems. I'm just trying to narrow down causes so i can get at it. I'm old lol. It hurts to get out of bed....
OK hmm...may i ask about your calfs? Are they...meh...better than most but nothing too beefy or are they not chit. Mine are the former (i like to think)“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” - The Nameless City by HP Lovecraft
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Sucking in your gut activates your abdominal muscles, I dont know how that would effect your glutes. You may be over thinking it. Being overweight and getting older is gonna cause some deterioration of your lower back, it is inevitable. Try some bird dog stretches everyday, it wil activate your glutes and help with the lower back pain.
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03-15-2024, 10:45 PM #12
i would recommend you keep your body as Balanced Possible only women crave junk in the Trunk like Mario Mijeita 304
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If you have tight abs it could cause pelvix tilt which could cause back issues.
I had a lower back issue that refused to go away until i stopped ab training and started doing deadlifts again with really light weight....like 5x5x185 three times a week. I kept doing that till plateaued hard at 5x5x385 raw, no belt.
I started recording rpe and resetting when it got above 9.
Hows hamstring flexibility? Can you touch your toes with a straight back?Last edited by rectifryer; 03-16-2024 at 04:05 AM.
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My matress is chit but ive only had this one for over a year. Ive had bad arthritis issues for over a decade. But ive made changes and now i feel soo fuking much better. I dont wake up hunched over because of muscle tightness
Actually, back pain isnt common with aging. It has NUMEROUS causes. Did you know that wearing narrow toed shoes (pretty much all shoes these days because its [I]more fashionable[/I) completely screws up the toes which effects the musculature (plantar fasciitis) and if you just live with it long enough your body will shift the inbalance somewhere else. Eventually, it will climb the posterior chain up to the low back.
But i totally get what you are saying and even a guy like me with my CLEP degree, it took me years to get back ont he right path
yeah man, let me hit all these replies and ill post some helpful videos that show you how to contort yourself then try to lick your own ass hole just so you can stretch this one tiny muscle thats responsible for pulling you low back in directions that are no bueno
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Sure, but bad things happen when you just lightly contract one muscle in a muscle group (i.e. the other core muscles) because this skews how the group works as a unit. Strangely enough, That pic is a drill in the McGill Big 3. I do them every day, usually twice a day. Its helping correct my hip impingement). I cant tell you how much better i feel now that i'm correctly targeting my core
Absolutely. I wish i'd opened my eyes to this a very long time ago
The forum must have changed the way you post vids now because i dont know how to do them and the old way doesnt work
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Yeah I have this nagging nerve pain in my lower abs until i stretch my abs out. Then the pain is instantly gone. Hams are good. Ive been doing jefferson hangs and jefferson curls and HOLY FUK does that help with flexiibility AND getting strong in that new range of motion
Yup. Arthritis old fuk here too. How are your glutes. You got a fat dumpy? Or is it weak like mine? Also, LISTEN TO ME: STRETCH YOUR QUADRATUS LUMBORUM AND YOUR PIRIFORMIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBYj...IG9ydXRpbmU%3D
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Well hello there dollar store david goggins. Yeah excess weight (LBM and fat) is extra strain on the joints. But also, sometimes joints naturally break down. Thats usually called rheumatoid arthritis. WHich is what I have. But ive found a flexibility routine that is working like fukking magic. When i get this back pain bull chit taken care of, its over for you bitches“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” - The Nameless City by HP Lovecraft
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Already covered the "it comes with aging" part. It does happen, but the majority of the common range of back issues are probably caused by imbalances somewhere in the hip. My problem probably stems from never really learning to hip hinge so my glute medium just never really devloped correctly. But i'm learning now. It feels like my hips are being hugged
i have no idea who you are but are you one of the liberal idiots? Or is there more to the story“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” - The Nameless City by HP Lovecraft
"The higher the prevalence of infectious diseases the higher the probability of totalitarian political attitudes."
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"The search for a moral equivalent of war continues to define American Liberalism to this day."
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