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Originally Posted by liftintexas
thanks, Lisa. Excellent video on the pullthroughs. I THINK I am doing them correctly. I believe my back is straight and I try to look in the mirror at the gym to ensure that.
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Sometimes when I working with clients what I'll see on pullthroughs, and deads as well, is not a bad low back position right at the bottom, but a bit of low back movement during execution. If you stop and look in the mirror you look fine, but when you start to move there's a small lack of control, some minor flexing and extending, at the lumbar. The correction is lumbar stability
during hip movement. This client might be great at planks, but flex and extend at the lumbar spine during movement. I'd get them warming up with spiderman climbs (lumbar stability with hip movement) and start working core movements that require lumbar stability with hip movement, like Mike Robertson's leg lowering drill, horizontal woodchops, ball pikes, etc.
Think about that and consider if that might apply to you. It takes a really good eye to notice that kind of movement. It's also very hard for the trainer to see if the client is lifting in a baggy tee-shirt that won't allow much visibility of the lumbar spine. So the trainer who watched you deadlift might have been giving you good information based on what he could actually see, you know?