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Jefferson Curl

Started by vannybute, November 24, 2015 · 9 Replies · 149 Views

chuchodani

Keep the chin tucked in the ascend and descend, the weight must be near to the body in order to bend vertebrae by vertebrae.

vannybute

Thanks!

vannybute

He is really struggling to figure out how to do JCs. Any cues/helpful tips?

vannybute

He tried the cues there, now how does it look?

https://vid.me/Rpv5

 

Thanks!

prozach

Relax the shoulders... Dont pull the weight in with your arms just let them hang with gravity.

prozach

I might suggest physically touching his spine has he drops down so he can feel the hinging of each vertabrae. I always like kinesthetic cues :))

Alessandro Mainente
chuchodani said:

Keep the chin tucked in the ascend and descend, the weight must be near to the body in order to bend vertebrae by vertebrae.

My personal point of the weight position is closely connected to the leverage effect on spine rather then the ability of the spine to curl. if the the weight stays in between hips and shoulders distance the body with naturally curl, i've never, really never seen the spine that passively tends to extend and not curl.

The reason of closer weight is basically what's happen on deadlift, 20 cm away from knees increases the perceived e.g. 10 kg weight on vertebrae up to 200 when the spine is curled.

chuchodani
Alessandro Mainente said:

My personal point of the weight position is closely connected to the leverage effect on spine rather then the ability of the spine to curl. if the the weight stays in between hips and shoulders distance the body with naturally curl, i've never, really never seen the spine that passively tends to extend and not curl.

The reason of closer weight is basically what's happen on deadlift, 20 cm away from knees increases the perceived e.g. 10 kg weight on vertebrae up to 200 when the spine is curled.

 

Alessandro Mainente said:

My personal point of the weight position is closely connected to the leverage effect on spine rather then the ability of the spine to curl. if the the weight stays in between hips and shoulders distance the body with naturally curl, i've never, really never seen the spine that passively tends to extend and not curl.

The reason of closer weight is basically what's happen on deadlift, 20 cm away from knees increases the perceived e.g. 10 kg weight on vertebrae up to 200 when the spine is curled.

Thanks for the correction Alex ! I said so because I felt the curling motion better when keeping the weight near to the body.