Got lumbar flexion??? Most CrossFitters believe that their upper body strength is their limiting factor when it comes to gymnastics movements… and they might be right. Every athlete has different strengths and weaknesses. What may surprise you is that the limiting factor for most athletes is their midline coordination, power, and endurance. If an athlete has already developed excellent timing and control with their kip, their elbow flexors aren’t doing that much work. Once abs fail, our elbow flexors and the hip flexors have to pick up the slack. Contracting your hip flexors in lumbar extension is a recipe for injury. @thesportspod we see more injuries from lumbar extension than we do from lumbar flexion. Try incorporating this midline AMRAP once a week after your regular training session. Make sure you are truly getting into lumbar flexion. If you can no longer hold that position, rest and scale accordingly to achieve the intended stimulus and avoid injury. Also, please don’t be an asshole and get rhabdo from too many GHD SUs AMRAP:6
10 GHD SU
5s L-Sit
15 Ab Wheel Rollout
5 T2B

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