Work out tight muscles?
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I'm tight as hell every damn day. Still getting better all the time.
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A 'tight' muscle doesn't make it a 'strong' muscle. So yes, strengthen your back.
Edit. Also do flexibility stretches.
Edit. Also do flexibility stretches.
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Use better posture at work. See if you can make your work station more ergonomic. Stand up, walk around, stretch, as frequently as you can.
Yes, strengthen your back. Rows, face-pulls, external rotation, rear delts, etc. Done correctly, with scapular retraction - Ie. squeezing your shoulder blades together with each rep. Don't get sloppy. Depending on how bad your posture is, you might need some specialized help.
Stretching the front is almost certainly going to be more important. You probably have tight pecs and shoulders. But stretching is only part of the solution, more important is correcting muscle imbalances, and improving posture - if you have bad posture 40 hours a week, you can't fix that no matter what you do in the gym.
Yes, strengthen your back. Rows, face-pulls, external rotation, rear delts, etc. Done correctly, with scapular retraction - Ie. squeezing your shoulder blades together with each rep. Don't get sloppy. Depending on how bad your posture is, you might need some specialized help.
Stretching the front is almost certainly going to be more important. You probably have tight pecs and shoulders. But stretching is only part of the solution, more important is correcting muscle imbalances, and improving posture - if you have bad posture 40 hours a week, you can't fix that no matter what you do in the gym.
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This one saves my mid to upperback tightness. From where this guy is on the ball, I'd come a little more forward so the ball rests higher on the back. Right where you are the tightest and right where you hunch over. Grab some 5lb dumbbells. I use 10lb. Whatever's best for you. Toss the weight down. Do not lift the weight back up! Let it spring back up naturally. This is a stretch. Butt high, engage your low abs, elongate the spine. If your shoulder's aren't too wrecked this will straighten you right back up instantly. It's also good for shoulder mobility.
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If you can get access to one, it can really help. But I understand, sometimes you have to do the best you can with what's available. And yeah, don't bounce without something supporting you.
I actually just found one of my old ones in storage, luckily. I tried doing the exercise in the video but my left side around my scapula and shoulder feel sooo off and painful. It's hard to explain the feeling but there's definitely something going on there
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Could be anything. That side of your spine may be short causing the ribs to be subluxated, causing your scapula to not glide properly over the rib cage, due to the protruding rib. So you probably need to get longer on that side, and maybe ribs will go back eventually. They also have an exercise called side toss. Lay on your right side though to get the left longer. Toss it down also and let it spring back up getting longer with each toss. I'm sure they have a video. Do that before the overhead bell toss. You can lighten the weight also. Try 1 or 2 lb weights and see if that's painful. Tossing the weight down more also makes the weight of the stretch feel like more. You're problem is probably complex though.
Thanks for your advice. I appreciate you helping me in my other threads as well!
Please continue to give me your advice/recommendations!
