Dr. Jordan Shallow, performance coach, chiropractor, and competitive powerlifter talks injury prevention, maximizing the value of your training, and breathing as a gateway to the autonomic nervous system.
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The Importance of Integrating Muscles
If your elbows are too flared out, that's too much stretch on the pack. So if you're adopting a fully lengthened position of the pack under 200 kilos, that's where it's weak. It doesn't have the tolerance in that tissue to manage that applied force. That's literally the equation for an injury. Being good at squatting is the most important because you can get the most weight or no? No I mean, I can deadlift more than I can squat. Right. Some guys are big ventures. You can lift heavy weights in your garage and no one gives a shit. But can you show up on the day and put it together when some guys breathe
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