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........to much spinal flexion in my opinion.
I think they all get me! 
I have scoliosis, do you think that contributes to my back problems when i try SLDL and reg deads and sometimes bentover rows?
Holy shit, yes!!! If you have scoliosisi I would avoid the SLDS. Although I did train a client of one of my friends one that has "functional" scoliosis so she was fine on the SLDL's and bent over rows, ou could see it when she went down though.
I would really be careful with these exercises if I were your because your spinal curvature is slightly altered.
I would really be careful with these exercises if I were your because your spinal curvature is slightly altered.
What about squats, would it screw them up to?
You can try and do them. Loading the spine like that may be tough on you. Feel it out. I don't really know how bad your scoliosis is so I am not sure what you are campable of doing. I am also not there to see your form on any of these exercises which, regardless of scoliosis, may need some correction anyway.
Squats never felt right to me. Scoliosis is bad enough to keep me out of the military unfortunately. Can notice it some standing but really noticeable when bent over.
I would definetly do some standing cable hip extensions.
Relying soley on leg curls is not enough because you are only strengthening the hamstring at the knee. Most people only do leg curls and it comes as no surprise that most hamstring tears occur at the hip (the hammys cross both the hip and the knee so it is important to be strong in both places). The cable extensions (stay completely upright and extened with a straight leg) will hit the hamstring at the hip with out the spine getting involved.
Relying soley on leg curls is not enough because you are only strengthening the hamstring at the knee. Most people only do leg curls and it comes as no surprise that most hamstring tears occur at the hip (the hammys cross both the hip and the knee so it is important to be strong in both places). The cable extensions (stay completely upright and extened with a straight leg) will hit the hamstring at the hip with out the spine getting involved.
never heard of those! Are they like the adducters and abbducters?
a subsitute you may want to try for squats would be something like dumbell squats (really dumbell deadlifts actually). Hold the dumbells out at your side and perform the motion of a squat. This is kind of like a trap bar deadlift which may be great for you. I usually have people with herniated disks do this instead of regular (romanian) deadlifts because it takes a lot of pressure off the lower back and moves it more to the arms. You can also stay a little more upright on these than when doing regular deadlifts. Plie squats may work too, hold one dumbell inbtween your legs, cup your hands around the bell of the dumbell so it is upright, you can go all the way down to the floor, almost like a sumo deadlift.
Yes kind of. Attach the cable thing to your ankle and standing up (try and raise up by standing on a box so that your working foot doesn't hit the floor). Face the cable machine instead of standing sideways like you would on ab or adduction and then move your leg straigh back in a controled fashion contracting your hamstrings and glutes.
How about Dives!!
You know what they arte dont you Rocky 
thats some really good advice P-funk. Thanks alot. I never even thought about my scoliosis this whole time. Dumbbell lunges are still good to right?
Don't even go there Ris!!! Besided, I don't have anywhere in the gym I could do thoseOriginally posted by Rissole
How about Dives!!
I'm starting a new journal here soon so Jodi will visit more often. So in the meantime, whore this up!
Sorry buddy, what are those?
and should I avoid deads?
yeah
If you can't do the deads becuase your problem is that bad then yes, avoid them.
Split squats:
step forward, taking an atheletic stance......kind of like a lunge, except you don't return to start position. One foot stays out in front and you perform a squat like that (lunge with out the negative I guess)....split stance squats.
To make it harder place your back leg up on a bench and then finally on a swiss ball.
Split squats:
step forward, taking an atheletic stance......kind of like a lunge, except you don't return to start position. One foot stays out in front and you perform a squat like that (lunge with out the negative I guess)....split stance squats.
To make it harder place your back leg up on a bench and then finally on a swiss ball.
Oh i think you could find somewhere, do you have a lat pulldown mach??
Cool, sounds interesting. I look forward to trying that.
See, I keep hurting my back. I never thought it might be scoliosis but it makes sense.
See, I keep hurting my back. I never thought it might be scoliosis but it makes sense.
Nope, no lat Pulldown machines. Not one! Not in my gym. If we had one I'd do it. But unfortunately we don't have any. Boy am I bummed out
High elevated foot 1 Legged Leg Presses. I do those for my hams and leg curls. Since I hurt my back and saw that nasty bone tearing Squat injury in the gym I don't do SLDL or Squats anymore
I rely alot on 1 Legged Leg presses for both quads and hams and my legs are still coming along quite nicely
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High elevated foot 1 Legged Leg Presses. I do those for my hams and leg curls. Since I hurt my back and saw that nasty bone tearing Squat injury in the gym I don't do SLDL or Squats anymore
I rely alot on 1 Legged Leg presses for both quads and hams and my legs are still coming along quite nicely
One legged leg presses are great for overloading the quads one muscle at a time and recruiting as much muscle fibers as possible. I would use caution on these Rock though, because lying down in a leg press you are actually in some spinal flexion and with weight being lowered and you having to produce force with one side of your body at a time like this you don't want to tweak your back because of the scoliossis.
Jodi, what happened to your back??
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