[TREBOR]

Ive been seeing a physio at work for a shoulder injury,today she asked me to do various stretches and one of them was to touch the backs of my hands together above head without bending the elbows,only managed to get arms up to 10 past 10 position,she said that was very poor and i was muscle bound from going to the gym and most likely from overdeveloped upper traps.

She showed me how easily she could do it and said most people should be able to do it but she's only about 8 stone max.

Little test,can you just try and do this and post how far you can get.

As pic but backs of hands touching

[TREBOR]

cyborg, on 03 July 2009 - 05:56 PM, said:

try doing yoga, thats a fcuking laugh and a half.

My missus tried to show me some basic yoga moves a while back and made a right twat of myself.

[cyborg]

TREBOR, on 03 July 2009 - 06:13 PM, said:

My missus tried to show me some basic yoga moves a while back and made a right twat of myself.

same as that man, i gave up half way through. i believe yoga tranlates literally to TORTURE

flexibility is over rated.

the only time i did get an injury was when I introduced streching in order to improve flexibility.

This post has been edited by cyborg: 04 July 2009 - 03:48 PM

[DEAD_WEIGHT]

Yeah i can do it but it pulls alot on my traps even though i am nothing like i was (size wise) 2 years ago

Does it matter if you can do it or not??

I would say it is just flexability and that can be sorted with ease over time by doing cradio or adding some long stretches everyday

[DezW]

I can do that easy, I do stretches quite alot which helps my training immensely.

I know guys that can't squat as they are so stiff around the shoulders they can't get under the bar.

[jon38dene]

DezW, on 05 July 2009 - 10:29 AM, said:

I can do that easy, I do stretches quite alot which helps my training immensely.

I know guys that can't squat as they are so stiff around the shoulders they can't get under the bar.

Eh? I must be doing this wrong - i find it a piece of piss

[DezW]

jon38dene, on 05 July 2009 - 03:21 PM, said:

Eh? I must be doing this wrong - i find it a piece of piss

I find it easy as well so confused as to why you posted that mate.

[Stone]

Its a bit of task for me as well to squat in regards to flexbility in the delts.

I have to grip the bar very wide, as wide as the squat rack allows me to.

[alex.p]

Stone, on 06 July 2009 - 05:13 PM, said:

Its a bit of task for me as well to squat in regards to flexbility in the delts.

I have to grip the bar very wide, as wide as the squat rack allows me to.

Sounds more like RC to me, I know when mine was quite dodgey I certainly couldn't get under a bar...

[RAD]

Well thats just p1ssed me off I did it no probs hopefully its because I am flexible and not a just a skinny get.

[ninjaofkent]

I can do it easy. but only for a few seconds. think i might pass out if i keep doing it

[Massimo]

My thoughts as my hands clasped above my head were I've done it!!! and now I'm disabled.

[Pip]

Massimo, on 25 July 2009 - 02:41 PM, said:

My thoughts as my hands clasped above my head were I've done it!!! and now I'm disabled.

Youre no longer a mod, correct, i would like to see some more recent and upto date pics of you. You look in good condition in youre avatar.

[redneil75]

did it but was quite un-comfortable.

[Mouser]

Managed it without trouble, I'm not tiny either. Perhaps I'm more used to stretching, or perhaps my bones and joints are in slightly different places?

[Irish Beast]

Could just about do it but it was absolute hell. Traps aching, won't be doing it again!