Hey Mwoders,
We are working today on improving your Fran shoulder positioning. When high work output movements are fraught with technical inefficiencies, serious potential is lost.
Overcoming technical problems with “wet” changes in pysiology is expensive and inefficient. Get better tecnically, enjoy your improvments in fitness.
Kstar
17 Responses to “Episode 136: Technically Better Fran”
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I did episode 134 yesterday. YES the FABER hip mob is a keeper. I used 35 lb. on the leg with injury history and 25 lb. on the other. All that new range felt strange.
KStar- I have been watching your MWOD for some time now and I am looking for a way to increase my flexibility in getting to the bottom of the squat. I do the couch move. Any help would be appreciated.
Wonder if you can sort your posts by body part/region?
When I squat my upper body leans forward. I dont feel loose enough to get to the bottom for the squat.
these videos are exactly what i need … since i stopped playing football and working on mobility everyday ive lost a ton … and lifting and adding new muscle has made me really tight and ive noticed in my olypic lifts … they even have started to case me pain … since i started watching them my shoulder and hip mobility has increased and i havnt got anymore pain . keep these videos coming.
Assuming an athlete has a forward positioned shoulder from dominant pectorals, what is the best everyday exercises/stretches to focus on to reposition the shoulder? Strengthen the rhomboids via ringrows…?
Bill… Check the couch stretch out. Getting those hip flexors mobilized is a key piece here.
K-Star– I had my first PNF session with my daughter tonight (she's 9) to help her get ready for v-sit and reach Friday. When she got in position she looked over at me and said,"Dad, I'm not gonna like you for awhile." Purely awesome.
KStar…why do you need arm power directly off the rack? In Thruster, Push Press, Jerk, bar should be launched by the legs to about eyebrow/hairline height and then locked out. Especially in the jerk, use of the arms too soon retards the split and the ability to lower the body under the bar. Many already have thruster issues from compromising the rack in effort to get the arms involved too soon resulting in the bar sliding down the chest, loading the wrists inappropriately etc.. I'd rather see a big rack "shelf" and a big leg drive over a compromised shelf just to get the arms involved earlier. Just my opinion.
I was actually thinking about the thruster the night before this came out. Ordinarily a good front squat rack features protracted and elevated shoulders as Randy mentioned. The press features retracted and depressed(?) shoulders. So I guess the thruster rack position is that much more demanding and requires mobility above and beyond your typical front squat. Conversely, your technique can suck that much more.