Cook Lifts and Wall Walks

It is very possible you may feel like the hamstring is doing most of the work and also that it is cramping up. The glutes should be the prime movers and initiate the movement. You should feel like most of the work is being done by the glutes, then. You may have noticed the feeling that your hamstrings feel “tight” after most of your lower body lifting sessions. Especially deadlifting or posterior chain dominant workouts. Yet, your range of motion in the hamstrings is fine. This is a classic case of weak glutes and overactive hamstrings. The hip flexors (hip flexors (psoas, iliacus, tensor fascia latae, rectus femorus) may be tight. As I stated before, this tightness, through reciprocal inhibition, could lead to the weak gluteals. Weak gluteals may lead to tight hip flexors but it doesn’t matter as we are focused on re-training the gluteals. Problem is, since the gluteals are weak, the hamstrings, their synergists have taken over. WOD 12mins 0-3 Goblet Squats (70/44) 4-7 Wall Walks 8-11 Burpees Lowest Rounds for Score]]>