My theory is that, in youth, we are actually way STRONGER, proportionately, through our FLEXIBILITY. As life, injuries, modern chairs, “no knees over toes” etc., stiffen and WEAKEN us through our flexibility, we deviate from natural and ask for trouble…

Recently I’ve done videos on the squat portion of this equation. Here’s the squat…

And here’s the deep split squat version, which can be particularly helpful with issues from one side to the other, as well as powerful hip flexibility to balance out excess sitting and lack of sprinting:

But there’s still the matter of the lower back itself, and a seated deadlift allows you to train the deepest torso to thigh position! It’s also incredible scalable! It can be a foundation for grandma with light dumbbells, or an accessory exercise for even Olympic athletes…

When I’m doing this, I’m thinking to retract my shoulder blades and prevent my back from rounding, thus stretching my inner thighs while strengthening my lower back:

I know of no other exercise as accessible, scalable, and effective for LOST ABILITY relating to the lower back. I will continue to explain other lower back exercises but they have the same theme: The body shouldn’t hurt! So what has deviated? And how can we restore?

I hope this thread has expanded your exercise skill for LIFE. I believe we have tremendous potential to naturally make resilient bodies, by restoring balance to lost abilities! For my full @atgexercise programs: https://www.atgonlinecoaching.... Thank you for reading today!