Wolf's Log: From Cub to Direwolf
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Originally Posted by
Rob Israel
My feeling is that any weighted movement should not involve twists. Think about the mechanics of the spine and pressure this puts on the disks. I'm of the school that any articulation of the spine should not be done in a repetitive exercise (like sit-ups) and definitely not done with a twisting motion (like russian twists for instance). This is just setting the stage for more bulging or herniated disks.
I'm curious though why the reverse hypers for the bulging disk? What's the mechanism that that exercise is going to help with that diagnosis?
I meant the unweighted kind, but they're recommend here repeatedly by Steve Hill, among others, and Louie Simmons Ina lengthy article.
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