This is Kate
You may have seen her before, she is a model personal training client
She teaches drama
Not built like your typical strongwoman
Is tall & therefore has long legs (not ideal for lifting)
BUT
this is her casually holding 130kg that she has just lifted
After getting strong as anything
Why the Rack Pull:
So lifting weights from the floor is brilliant for strengthening your posterior chain
Which is the group of muscles running from your mid back, your bum, hamstrings (back of the legs) and calves
Being strong around the Hips is important as its pivotal in both movement and posture
Weakness here can lead to backache, imbalances in other areas again causing pain, tightness or restricted movement
Why the Rack Pull?
This is a variation of a Deadlift
As you can see there are 2 plates she is lifting the bar from, a platform for it all to sit on
This raises the height of where you need to hold
So you don’t have to bend over as far
And its the bottom of a deadlift, where you are bent over the most, with your back closest to being horizontal (but not horizontal) where the load is the greatest and most of the issues arise, injuries occur or niggles are formed
so raising this height
Keeps you more upright
reduces risk
it also works at the stronger part of the lift
and makes you look like a boss when you are holding 130kg
she’s also using a hex bar
But ill explain why in another post
is this something you’d like to do
the get stronger part (maybe not the 130kg just yet)
the feeling strong and confident
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