Consider the proximal representation first. I have posterior lower concentric muscle activity, which means I have a lot of proximal external rotation (ER) going on. If I posteriorly orient the pelvis and squeeze my knees together at the same time, that is a butt squeeze. That is somebody closing that space even more, actually increasing the concentric orientation that you're trying to alleviate. That's why most people fail. They observe significant ER and then wonder where the internal rotation (IR) is. They recognize they haven't achieved IR yet and need to do something else for it.

Right.

Right, so she steps back with her left foot and then she steps even with her right foot. Because if she steps back with her right foot, what's she going to do?

So you need a fulcrum. If you don't have a fulcrum, you don't have a lever.

Okay, great. Thank you.

Okay. So it's connected. It's the connected tissue behavior that we're most trying to influence under these circumstances to slow that side down. So as she lands on the ground, that foot is now in contact with the ground. That foot now has to move slower than the other side because the other side now has to come through. So she's got to start slowing that side down. So that's, that's the yielding action on that side. Okay. So that's really propulsive representation. Okay. Second space in the left, if she was to descend into a full split squat under those circumstances, how far do you think the second would turn to the right?

Yeah. That part where you explained that everything has to be in the position for it to happen. Yeah. That helped. Right.

relative to the pelvis. So you're going to drive IR from the ground up into the pelvis. That would be a favorable representation of the pelvis if you're trying to capture internal rotation on that hip, right?

Mm hmm.

Right. So when I say hand to ischium or ischium to hand, do you understand what I'm saying? It's like, where does the greatest pressure need to be? If it's on hand, you're probably leaning back too far. If it's on ischium, then you're pushing the hand in. You're pushing towards the ischium. And you're probably going to get the associated change that you're looking for. I see it. Thank you, man. Yeah, thank you. Hi, sir.

Okay, so when we're saying closer to their helical angles, we're just thinking like how much the activity is aligned with the heliocedes? Okay, okay.

Sometimes it's really close, and so those people would have a different strategy. Some people are the other way, right? Like they look like a V. Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, you're changing the position of the scapula distal to proximal.

That's Max. If it's just your big toe, you're past Max. But point being is you're playing in a very small range. I would never use a sled drag to maximize ER capabilities. You know what I mean? I would use it to capture the stuff that I need in that middle range. So like I said, tibial translation, bringing the arch down, like getting the rear foot and the forefoot coordinated to bring the arch down as the tibia translates and internally rotates on top of the foot.

Yeah, for sure.

Those two points of contact on the ground, okay? Got it?

Yeah. Don't let me screw you up for the task, okay? Because I do that to students all the time.

Okay. What is the tape for?

They're always there. But what happens when you get a load that exceeds your capabilities in that movement is it becomes all internal rotation and external rotation become superimposed, they become one. That's why there's no movement at maximal load because everything goes internal rotation. If I put a 400 pound barbell on your back and you can only squat 350, you aren't going anywhere. But it's not because you're not strong enough per se, it's because you just can't maintain the expansion. You're recruiting everything to hold that position. And if I try to make you deviate because you can't externally rotate under that load, it's just going to be really fast and you're going to get buried at the bottom. What you can't do is expand and internally rotate at the same time. You can't do both at the same time. It's going to be either all expansion or all internal rotation. You're not moving.

I'm trying to think of like, is there an activity? Okay, hang on. What a momentum. Say it again, what were you gonna say?

Right. Right. Right. Okay. So, while we're talking about learning, maybe I'm about to start a coaching job or a trainer job. So, I kind of need a filtering system. And I mean, not really for the coaching because I want to, but just for gathering external information. So do you have any tips on developing a filtering system and how should I go about that?

Somebody gives you a black eye. They punch you in the face. And they come to you and they go, look, I got punched in the face. Can you help me with that? And you punch them in the face. Did it help? No. So they're giving you a hint as to I need a different solution. I need a different influence. So now I go back to my seven components of force and I say, okay, what would be the most impactful thing here? If you're trying to increase joint range of motion, that's a muscle orientation problem, not the connective tissue. The connective tissue is secondary to that muscle activity. Because you can make them so stiff that they run out of yielding. That's basically what happens when you have those tendinopathy things. It's like everything, like you no longer have this distribution of force. It's a focal representation. So the stuff that was bouncy, bouncy, bouncy before is stiffer, stiffer, stiffer.

Okay. Okay.

I'm here, I'm here.

So hang on. Understand that you do understand that that's a two-dimensional representation of a four-dimensional situation. Okay. It's not a line. It creates a space in four dimensions. All right, so you have to look at this from a shape standpoint. So what shape are you really looking at when you see the little Chrissy cross helical angles?

Let's be really clear, relative to the sacrum. We want to have a point of reference. We need a frame of reference to understand the relationship. Because if I just said, 'posterior orientation,' what if that's my thought process? And this doesn't really happen. But that would be my thought process if I don't understand, right? If you just go, 'Let's just posterior orientation of the ilium.' Is that posterior orientation of the ilium? It's not, which direction did it go, boss? Posterior orientation relative to what? Relative to what? You see, it's like, I just said posterior orientation and I did that. And you go, 'Well, that's not posterior orientation because I didn't move the sacrum.' But see, you didn't make the point that you were talking about relative to the sacrum. I was just talking about relative to the vertical. Right? So again, what's our point of reference? If we don't have a frame of reference, we have no idea what we're talking about.

Push it forward the base. Enhance it.

Yeah.

Correct. Which way is it turning? If I'm measuring the left hip, if I take your left hip and I bend it so far that I put your left thigh against your belly, what direction does the spine turn? Left hip to the left. Okay, cool. So the left side of the spine is flexing. That would be an external rotation measure, which means that the spine is turning towards you. So whenever the spine turns towards you, that's ER of the spine on that side. It's turning, right? Okay. You understand? Yes. Okay, cool. So if both sides of the spine are flexing, okay. What does that mean that the spine is doing? Is it internally rotating or is it externally rotating? If one side is ER, then both sides are doing the same thing now. So both sides are flexing. Yeah, it still should be ER. It is ER. It is okay. Yeah. Yeah. For sure.