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    laffer Guest

    Ways to work the muscules of your back

    I for one do this, stant in my hands with my feet up and do pushups. It works my shoulders and I think my upper back.

    Swimming is one of the best sportsexercises if one wants to work his back, but I don't have a place to go swimming, my bathtub is to small :P.

    I'd like to know how you train your back muscules without going to a gym and do weight lifting.

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    Ford Prefect Guest
    With weights, I do one-arm snatches. Without weights, I do pull-ups and back bridging.

    For reference, this is back bridging:


  3. #3
    remo Guest

    ouch

    Ford,

    Nice picture of Matt F. I still can't do this yet, ...aah, my back!
    There is a thread on the Kung-Fu board, in which I suggested checking out Matt's combat conditioning.
    Are you currently following his workout regime?

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    JWTAYLOR Guest
    It took me months to be able to do that, but as a personal note, last night I finally got to doing 400 hindu squats in a row and a feet flat back bridge to a 300 count.
    Matt Furey rocks.

    Oh, and I still say nothing works your upper back like wide grip chin ups.

    I also do allot of bouldering and traditional rock climbing, so I work my back pretty hard like that.
    JWT

    If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV

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    Ford Prefect Guest
    Yeah, I just got to a 15 count on the feet flat back bridge. heh! That puppy is tough.

    Remo,

    I do the briding, hindu squats and push-ups along with a lot of other bodyweight exercises that aren't in Matt's material.

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    S.Teebas Guest

    Word of warning....

    Just looking at that pic reminded me of a time i went to a seminar held at my kungfu school. A sports science guy came in and told us all the right and wrong stretches to perform before class, and this particular movement....he said was extremely bad for the back. Cant give anything more specific about it....but be careful!


    S.Teebas

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    Ford Prefect Guest
    Thanks. Word of warning though, a lot of sport science guys actually don't know jack.

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    IronFist Guest
    "Oh, and I still say nothing works your upper back like wide grip chin ups."

    Yes.

    iron

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    laffer Guest
    Great, tanks.

    :)

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    Kumkuat Guest

    bah

    I do flat feet, chin to ground back bridges. Too bad I only last 5 seconds because:
    1. it hurts
    2. I can't breathe because the ground covers my mouth and nose holes.

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    JWTAYLOR Guest
    Dude, if you're going all the way down to your mouth, a. you are a big ol' stud (doesn't that hurt your nose?), and b. QUIT IT. Just to the bridge of the nose is plenty, and you can still breath :)

    JWT

    If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV

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    Kumkuat Guest

    yeah

    I stopped the chin one since it did hurt my squashed nose, and I couldn't figure out how to breathe. So To compensate, I try to put my feet closer to my head when I bridge. I might try bridging with weights now. Maybe I'll start with 25 lbs and work upwards.

  13. #13
    IronFist Guest
    "I might try bridging with weights now."

    Eh?! Like putting a weight on your stomach while you bridge? How do you get there? Does someone else have to put the weight there?


    Iron

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    honorisc Guest

    25 lbs?...+

    25 lbs. is too much to start. Five to fifteen pounds max, my think. That won't improve you like you might like. Face down near a wall legs over you feet down along the wall (weights on your ankles is O.K.)...Actually, handstand lower to back bridge against the wall--instead of handstand use forearm stamnd-better foundation.

    Very some such,perhaps might have been, likely say some, some not.

  15. #15
    honorisc Guest

    How do I work the muscles of my back~

    It's more what to do than working one area relevant to every subatomic particle should be playing a part in every moment of stillness or motion (there's a difference?)In what I am associated with. But these seemed relevat to the topic.

    on your back, lead with the head, then the shoulders, then the chest on down. When the chest is in play, head back to the other sideand snake movement like motion. This action done with enough quality can propell the practitioner (short distance)...same thingie face down...

    For face down there is flat-ish, like, on back or Snake Rears--head to stomach or head to belly is off of the ground...these are, Snake Slithers On Its Back, and Snake Slithers and perhaps Rearing Snake Slithers. Some people don't like the thought nor or mention of snakes, so(needle and thread) change the names so as to not bother these people and allow them to benefit from the activity~

    Picknic bench-toetips or feet under table lean back so that your head is almost touching the ground; situp; back down (at a different or same as last time down)angle. Possiblly at different angle on sitting up than on way down. Repeat until you don't care to continue~

    Enough for now.

    Very some such,perhaps might have been, likely say some, some not.

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