The role of the trunk: Keep your Center of Gravity over your Base of Support while keeping your Lumbar Spine safe from moving beyond its anatomical Range of motion in all 3 planes.
The easiest ways to activate the trunk and take advantage of this functional role is to:
1. Overload one side of the body which will cause the opposite side trunk to immediately activate to keep COG positioned correctly
2. Create a posterior directed force vector which causes the anterior trunk to immediately activate
3. By increasing the lever arm as it relates to your center of gravity which makes the trunk stabilizer have to work harder to keep COG safely positioned to protect the low back
4. By changing your base of support the trunk has to adjust tension to keep COG positioned
Dowel band push training does all of this and also helps develop your anterior shoulder, chest, and tricep strength while functionally making you a much stronger unilateral pusher in standing.
You could say dowel band push training is one of the best total body exercises that emphasize making you more stable on your feet. It has become my favorite “go to exercise” as I transition people from floor planks to weight-bearing trunk training.
Fortunately with a 5 foot dowel you buy for a $1 and any level of band you are ready to get after it.
Enjoy this week 37th Episode of RBT Live Dowel - Band Training
Training beyond the Contraction
Dave Schmitz
www.resistancebandtraining.com
Special Dowel - Band Opportunity
Hope you enjoyed the video.
Interestingly enough, most of my Low Back pain patients now swear by dowel-band training and do entire workouts using 1 or 2 bands and dowel.
If you are interested in learning more about all you can do with dowel-band training, purchase any resistance band package over the next week (end date Midnight Wednesday October 14th) and I will send you via email my Dowel Band Training Manual. ($35 Value)