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No, don't lift with the knees, use the strongest muscles in the body, lower back through to the knees, the last thing I did when I worked for the Training section in our place was train as a manual handling instructor. I could go into detail but not here, now! it's getting late!Ralph wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 5:35 pm I can't wear shorter-than-knee skirts because even when I'm just wearing them at home I feel so exposed! Plus I just prefer the feel of the skirt brushing against my legs all the way down.
But never mind that, this is the important bit: Either this chap is using cardboard props to simulate weights or he is going to ruin his back before he's 30. Lift with the knees, mate!
Hi Tom,Kirbstone wrote: ↑Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:00 am Having bust my gut in my early to mid twenties lifting big weights as part of our then training regimen for serious competitive rowing, the recieved wisdom when addressing a big free lift like the one illustrated was to keep one's eyes on a point high up on the oposite wall, thus flattening the spine and facilitating a clean lift. With a personal weight of 180lbs, the maximum I managed to lift to a straight arm position over my head and stand under it for xyz seconds was 220lbs. More than enough, in hindsight.
The long-term lower spinal effects came home to roost for me, however and at age 52 I had a bunch of several strain-induced osteophytes (growths on the vertebral bodies which pinched my sciatic nerves big-time) removed by microsurgery. Successful in the long run, but with quite a lot of afterhocks following the op.
Tom