Strengthen Thoracic Spine

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A lengthened muscle is no good unless it's strong. Many golfers make the mistake of only stretching and all that does is weaken the muscle in the dynamic motions that the golf swing requires.


all right guys last of the thoracic spine series is going to be a strengthening exercise in the form of a floor cobra pretty straightforward all you need is a little space on the floor here a few little details here are gonna make a big difference so kind of let me show you what this looks like um take this camera out here so we're gonna lay flat on the stomach arms fully extended all the way out and you want to kind of externally rotate the hand so your thumbs are pointing up the entire time okay so i'm going to squeeze my butt squeeze my hamstrings i want to keep my chin down during this whole exercise because i want a nice neutral spine i don't want to have any kinks in my neck here um cut off circulation in my brain it's not good so i'm going to squeeze my butt squeeze my legs squeeze my abs so i don't want any additional compression here if my abs are lengthened and weak at the bottom i'm not squeezing i'm going to have compression and we definitely don't want to have that so i'm going to squeeze it in chin stays down i'm going to draw my chest up palms are facing each other i'm going to open up really wide squeeze my shoulder blades two to three seconds forward and then down so i'm going to squeeze again pull the belly button into the spine up squeeze two to three seconds and then nice and slow right back down so that's the floor cobra that exercise is going to be performed uh 12 to 15 repetitions three to four sets um now the whole series here guys is meant to be in succession so you want to start with smash technique with lacrosse ball or foam roller then you're going to move on to a lengthening we did the shoulder box stretch and the last one was the floor cobra um enjoy the series guys this will definitely help you this will definitely help you with effective rotation and in getting you to tap into the obliques those big muscles we kind of want to save your back save your spine um and and also effectively uh hitting a golf ball farther and more powerful more consistent um saving your back is going to be also the big one on this so enjoy the series guys thank you

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Jack
Thankyou for this. Love that it's specific for golf but obviously it will help with my overall posture and range of motion.
February 22, 2019
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Craig (Certified RST Instructor)
Hello Jack. Exactly. Great for overall health of the spine.
February 22, 2019
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mark
Really good. Going to try to incorporate all 3 into my routine. Thanks
June 13, 2017
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Andrew
I like this series. Do you plan on having more for different muscle groups? I suggest the sciatica and the glute area if you are taking suggestions.
June 13, 2017
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DAMIEN
Hey Andrew, Check out our " Glute Series" Let me know if that helps.
June 15, 2017
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Andrew
Ah perfect! Didn't know that the series existed. I will check it out. Thanks again!
June 21, 2017
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tim
Very good....very valuable....Thank you.
June 13, 2017

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