When Static Stretches Stop Working.<\/p>\n
My sister introduced me to the term barbell yoga.\u00a0 I think it is a pretty good term that relates to the idea of increasing range of motion within the area of weightlifting.\u00a0 What I think can be gained from yoga is the idea of maintaining a static stretch position in an isometrically contracted posture.<\/p>\n
In college I was introduced to the concept of cardinal planes of movement (sagittal, frontal, and transverse).\u00a0 In algebra Descartes helped express these planes in X,Y, and Z .\u00a0\u00a0 All that being said there is a sort of symmetry that is promoted and in athletic movement patterns.\u00a0 In yoga there are poses called the warrior pose along with Anjaneyasana, in Karate there is Zenkutsu Daschi\u00a0 in\u00a0 weightlifting there is \u00a0the lift called the split jerk, a less dynamic movement called the split squat along with variations of lunges.\u00a0 Each of these types of movements promote hip flexor range of motion.\u00a0\u00a0 All of these similar patterns create muscular integrity at length or within the end range of motion of the hip flexor.<\/p>\n