Comments on: Exercise Index: Pull Throughs

By: Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS

Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:15:11 +0000

Glad I could help!

I should spend a little time talking about the movements during the video instead of just performing them. I’ll take that into account when I film some more!

Thanks!

Joe

By: Njama

Njama — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:57:11 +0000

it helps alot Coach. I see where your thinking is regarding the loading of the hamstrings and glutes, and actually doing the swings the way you describe, I feel it more in the glute connection to the hamstrings because of the pull through.

By: Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS

Admin: Joe Hashey, CSCS — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:54:09 +0000

Njama – certainly a reasonable thought.

If I was standing upright and raising it would certainly be shoulder dominant.

However – reaching back, pulling with the hamstrings and glutes while extending at the hips to finish the pull through is what causes the bag to swing through.

When you see the hips extending (I think this is what you are talking about) is when the bag is approaching the peak – where there is not a significant load on them. This is more the “follow through” from firing them at the beginning of the force.

With the sandbag (and unfixed object) as opposed to a cable or band, the shoulders and upper back are important to control the movement so the bag doesn’t go flying.

I hope that explanation helps further.

Joe

By: Njama

Njama — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:05:05 +0000

with the sandbag swings, it looks like your getting more work with the shoulders because of where you have your hands the the hip explosiveness your looking for. Don’t get me wrong the choice of exercises are perfect, I just see more dragging the bag then explosiveness.

By: Jay Ashman

Jay Ashman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:29:16 +0000

the pull throughs remind me of a very awkward and heavy kettlebell swing, the superset with those and the front squat is a sick ass leg workout.

good combo.