Originally Posted by
Strength Spin
Rather than state the obvious, that you clearly use the Supermans as a tool to correct lumbar flexion in a bad SQ pattern, you take some tortured around the bush route of:
"We don't use isolation exercises to correct lumbar flexion…"(yes, you do), and then go on to say "we use them to demonstrate muscle's function, identify the contraction/motor pathway (wait, and I"M the one who talks like a PT douche? huh?)in the mind of the trainee, (would that be like a mind-muscle connection? Maybe, Rip?) "Then we SQ and DL with the now-correct lumbar position" (so, it's sort of like a corrective thing, yes?).
Why would you obfuscate like this? Probably because the obvious and correct conclusion is that using a corrective/activation exercise to gain better control over a muscle group works! Since you are all-in that this is all "stupid shit", you must find some other way to describe it. You try to find some way to lie to yourself, and your sycophants, who you know won't point out the Emperor has no clothes.
"In fact, the lumbar erectors are the only muscles that sometimes have this problem.." Simply, not true. The abs can have this problem as well, particularly with females who have borne children, and shouting "Abz" will be as ineffective as shouting "Low back" to a lumbar amnesiac. You know, the ones that you prescribe the Supermans to, b/c they are sloppy through the core. Yes, I used the word "core", Coach Rip. Try not to take out your frustration on your dog again. He didn't deserve it just because you are mad because that mean guy on the internet questioned your logic.