Chop and Lift Part II

Gray Cook PT, OCS, CSCS To continue with the chop and lift and advance the application you need to lose the cable bar. However I hope you plan to use the bar at least 1-3 months, minimum before advancing to the new application I'm going to introduce. Remember the bar helps build a strong core and stable spine. It creates leverage against the torso and gives the arms a mechanical advantage. This produces usable core stability and functional upper body strength (read my first article to review). If you or someone you are working with is strong through the upper body, this is great because the bar forces them to produce the core stability to counteract their arm leverage advantage. Just watch form and technique and make sure they show good hip extension (not hyper-extension) and spine stability for each repetition. . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)