John Locke
Level 4 Valued Member
Hi all.
This is my first post after a month of lurking. You have to excuse my bad english as I'm not a native speaker.
I've begun S&S with a light 12kg as I'm on the weak side (only running and mountain biking over the last years).
After a while I switched to the 16kg as I'm getting better and stronger.
The area where I have more problems is when going plank. I'm not able to "pop" the pelvis so I'm quite lifting the ball with my arms. Also, because of the exagerate movement I try to make with the pelvis, I lean back.
So my question is: with a perfect technique, how much the arms do have to carry the ball to get it to the chest level, or all the force has to come exclusively from the "pop" from the pelvis?
Also, to avoid the leaning back I'm trying to push forward with my arms while going plank, but I'm not sure this is a good idea for my shoulders.
I've already read a lot about common mistakes and I'm trying to arrange a band for blocking my shoulder from going too far back but in the mean time I'm continuing practicing.
Thanks
Andrea
This is my first post after a month of lurking. You have to excuse my bad english as I'm not a native speaker.
I've begun S&S with a light 12kg as I'm on the weak side (only running and mountain biking over the last years).
After a while I switched to the 16kg as I'm getting better and stronger.
The area where I have more problems is when going plank. I'm not able to "pop" the pelvis so I'm quite lifting the ball with my arms. Also, because of the exagerate movement I try to make with the pelvis, I lean back.
So my question is: with a perfect technique, how much the arms do have to carry the ball to get it to the chest level, or all the force has to come exclusively from the "pop" from the pelvis?
Also, to avoid the leaning back I'm trying to push forward with my arms while going plank, but I'm not sure this is a good idea for my shoulders.
I've already read a lot about common mistakes and I'm trying to arrange a band for blocking my shoulder from going too far back but in the mean time I'm continuing practicing.
Thanks
Andrea