His left side is going forward faster.

I think I can. OK.

Yeah, because every time, what's even forward, right? What's the front?

I know.

Just because of some of what we talked about, I understand that my femurs are definitely rotated out this way and it's really noticeable when I squat down deep, air squat-wise. What I've been doing lately is sled pulling with a big toe strap around the top of my hip with toes pointed a little bit in. Trying to open up more. Are you walking forward or backwards?

So to get that magnification of internal rotation on the left side, the left side is pretty far forward and has turned the spine away from that side. You have to see the same thing up in the thorax, but keep in mind that they're dropping back on the table in the thorax where the pelvis is still turned. You have to understand the representation: they're turned in the same direction, but they fell back to the table in the thorax. This has to do with the distribution of load on the surface. That accounts for why you see the differences in measurements, but you still have to account for the same terms. The cervical spine and the lumbar spine are both turned in the same direction, but the weight of the body will pull it back to the surface, and that's where you'll see those magnifications in the upper versus the lower.

Okay.

uh ER.

Well, hang on. They're not biased towards flexion. Let's be clear about this.

Yeah.

Yes.

That's why we do this. That is very helpful.

Yeah, perfect sense.

OK, so back me up for a second. What position are we starting in? Right side line. Yep. OK, so we're in right side line. And you're asking where are you? So yeah. OK, where are you standing? Are you standing?

Like when you've got 90 degrees of ER and no IR, I don't think you have enough space in front of him at all.

Right. Cause I might be faster for like a split second or not at all or not at all. Yeah. Yeah. Good stuff.

All right. But when you get an anterior knee pain on the back leg, they are in ER. Because think about this. The back leg becomes a late representation, which is IR moving from pelvis to the floor. How is she producing IR from pelvis to the floor? Orientation. Because she's still in ER. So you've got to put her in a shorter stagger or bilateral symmetrical, and you've got to capture a stronger representation of the internal rotation. Because again, she's losing the force battle. She's getting pushed into the ground. She doesn't really have, like her middle is all orientation, reduce the orientation, teach her where middle is and then back and forth from there.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. I have neural coffee in hand. And it is perfect. All right. Quick apology. Yesterday's video was with Alec, not Ivan. Today's video is going to be with Ivan. So let's dig into today's Q&A. Ivan had a question about abdominal muscles during breathing activities. And a lot of times I think this is overdone. In many cases, drawing a lot of attention to certain muscle groups can actually create interference when we're trying to recapture relative motion. So a lot of this has to do with how you're setting up the exercise. And in many cases, if you can execute that aspect of things effectively, the cues sort of take care of themselves versus trying to over recruit something that actually becomes interference. At the end of this video, so I added a second segment to this video, is a discussion with Alex and there's a couple of cues to help you identify some breathing elements in regards to position, literally based on what the breathing actually sounds like. So you can actually determine certain head and neck positions based on pitch of the breathing as well. So that's kind of a cool little thing to sort of pay attention to. So again, thank you Ivan. Thank you Alex for your questions. If you would like to participate in a 15 minute consultation, please go to askbillhartman at gmail.com. Please put 15 minute consultation in the subject line so we don't delete it, put your question in the email and we will arrange that at our mutual convenience. Everybody have an outstanding Tuesday, and I'll see you tomorrow.

That's going to come from my shoulder to my hand. So it's the mechanical element that you're trying to reproduce. It's not whether the foot's on the ground or not.

Yes, sir.

No.

Not really. I think the only thing he feels, he doesn't really have too many problems with it. He can't extend his leg. I mean, of course, he can't go back to extension.

Which differential are you talking about, boss?

So what you may need, then, is a better recognition of those who are using the compensatory strategy on the right side.

It's not about mass. It's about the coordinative effects, right? So again, for anybody to produce force, we've got to push down into the ground pretty hard. And so he's going to do it whatever way he can. And again, as his physiology changes, he's going to get bigger. He's going to naturally get stronger under most circumstances. That's how kids grow. And, you know, you want to start with whatever it is that you think is best if you've seen this really strong bias towards one direction. It's like, you know, maybe he turns out to be like the world's greatest athlete in some respect because of that.

Okay.

Okay.

What I'm trying to do is get that connective tissue to behave appropriately for the context. So if I was a power lifter that doesn't have a time constraint on it, I want very, very stiff connective tissues that don't deform easily. All right. If I'm trying to be fast, I need the storage and release of that energy to be very, very quick.

Something has to give way to create the space. It's not always a pelvic diaphragm. Sometimes it's a lower back, by the way. Let's be honest about that. But we're talking about like in a perfect world kind of a representation, right? That I will go in the direction that the pelvic diaphragm can move. So for me to sit down into a deep squat, but to push up out of the deep squat, that has to reverse gears. It has to push up and create that higher pressure mechanism. Yeah, yeah. So shape matters, cross-sectional area matters, neural drive matters, like all that stuff is in play to whatever degree. But ultimately, when we talk about force production, the limitation in shape change can be beneficial. When we talk about speed, I better be able to deform very, very quickly. So all of your representations for me, I totally get.

That's all we're going for. No home runs.