Your Back Is Never off the Clock | Robert Santana

[stef]

​Watching people move under a bar teaches you all sorts of things. Bad habits, bad ideas, and bad genes all encompass the problem that is “bad form.” This has allowed coaches like me to expand our practice beyond working with lifting enthusiasts to helping your parent or grandparent who complains about back pain, avoids bending over, and quite frankly has “zero idea what is going on with his back at any point in time” – a quote I stole from an old Rip article that I am constantly reminded of with many clients.

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[nickyjames1]

Good morning! “Drop your dick between your legs” Does that cue have the same meaning as squeeze your abdominals and brace your trunk for setting your low back correctly?

[Mark Rippetoe]

It doesn't quite have the same connotation.

[James Rodgers]

Good morning! “Drop your dick between your legs” Does that cue have the same meaning as squeeze your abdominals and brace your trunk for setting your low back correctly?

They are slightly different. The drop your dick cue is given to make the lifter make their lower back to move into extension. It's useful because it's hard to control your lower back because you never see it move and we're dependent on moving body parts that we can see or visualize. Guys tend to be keenly aware of their dick's position at all times so telling them to put their junk somewhere is a good way to get the lower back to move in the right direction. Squeezing your abs is a good cue to lock things in place and stop movement from occurring.