Originally Posted by
oface
Alright, I have three questions that might be really dumb, but going to ask anyways. They are ranked in descending order with the potentially dumbest at the top.
1. I have very young children. When we play, I enjoy watching their movements and positions. Because they haven’t been fubar’d by bookbags and office chairs, these kids have awesome posture. When they squat down to pick something up, I swear I could put a barbell on their back, submit a form check, and not even Rip would find a problem.
Recently, I’ve been paying attention to their jumping while thinking about the way we deadlift, clean, and snatch. Most times, when the kids jump, they begin with their hips really low as opposed to the high hips we use. Now, they have no idea what they’re doing and might just be goofing around, but it’s pretty consistent. I’ve been watching this thinking about the oft repeated SS stance that the program is designed to train natural human movement patterns.
So my sort-of syllogism goes something like this: If young kids move more naturally than adults, and these young kids I watch usually* begin their jump with low hips, does that mean low hips is a more natural jumping position? If so why do we prefer high hips in this group?