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XTrainer
I notice that most good lifters, heck most lifters period, can lock their arms out overhead even with their ears or perhaps even further behind their head. When I raise an arm overhead, my flexibility only allows me to raise my arm so that my arm (at the elbow) is about 3 inches short of vertical, with some effort. I first took notice of this problem when I started doing overhead squats, and as you can imagine, OHS are quite difficult when you're holding the weight slightly in front of you rather than vertical or even sligthly behind the head (as mosy Oly lifters do).
What causes the flexibilty issue, and how can fix it?
I don't know if this means anything, but I'm pretty flexible otherwise. I'm long-legged but I can still reach down and grab my toes without bending at the knees, I squat ATG routinely, I can lay on my back and touch my knees to the ground next to me ears (it's a stretch we do for jiu-jitsu) and I can kick to the head in martial arts training as well...but I can't even raise my arm to perfectly vertical.
Thanks.