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Can I make a suggestion Will? Could you put your web address in the main section above? I think it would help people see your qualifications as a Physio and know that you are bona fide :)
I adore this channel I'm 48, I'm a personal trainer who works in disability and aging population. Thank you for all you bring. Down to earth and straight to the point without all the personal fluff ❤
Thank you so much for your kind comment - I'm just pleased to have the platform on which to share my work with others! Wishing you all the best in your work :)
Ive posted this before, but im going to post it again. This channel is a revelation. As an 80 year old ballroom dancer and teacher, the exercise are superb and extremely beneficial. Many many thanks
Every time you say, 'Very often in people over 50 . . . ' I want to shout out to the screen, ' YES, that's exactly how it is!' You REALLY understand us!
This is the best video I have seen on how to start a weight lifting program for seniors. I want so much to work out at the gym, but I have no idea how to begin. I watch people and try to imitate. Please make more videos on weight lifting routines that we can follow at a beginner level. You showed us the form and how not to injure ourselves. It's the first time I hear of the concept of stretching without strengthening as a waste of time and effort and I agree fully with you. Thank you Thank you so so much for helping us seniors out here!!
You've taken the first steps by being honest with yourself. I've been using a weight regime for 23 years, I followed using the Weight Training for Dummies DVD, believe it or not; large muscles to small, opposing muscles for curling or for extending, etc.
Go to the gym and work with a professional trainer, discuss what you want to achieve and they will create a program for you. It mag cost some money (some gyms include a personal trainer session as part of their membership), but well worth it. Please don’t watch and copy other people, you don’t know what they are trying to achieve or whether they are doing it properly.
I always had incredibly tight hamstrings my whole life. When I turned 50 I started weightlifting and by the time I had my check up at 51 I could touch my toes. Mind you I hadn't been able to touch my toes since I was about eight.
I have 3 favourite channels and this is one of them. I have ordered Will’s book 2nd time. A brilliant young man who through his program I am able to walk with my head up and and look 15 ft in front of me. Thank you Will ❤
Certainly my favourite channel. Very precise, effective and provides results. Beauty of Will is he responds to each and every question the viewers put forth.
These videos by Will are EXCELLENT. well presented, clear and he knows precisely the issues that are impacting his audience….AND provides tailored, quality content to address them. I would like to say it is my favourite channel….the hard truth is I am watching because this is advice geared towards my issues ….it’s becoming my “most watched” and is most appreciated. Thank you.
Thank u Will. I am a polio survivor (At 10, before vacins paralysed from neck down). 77 now and couple years ago my muscles getting very weak. Ur exercises have been so beneficial. Tks again
Frankly, upon reading the notification for this video, and then listening to the introduction, i didn't expect it to work. Don't know why. But i didn't believe in it. But, i kept an open mind and gave it a try. Result: 1) you totally changed my mind! I could feel a huge difference on the first moves first rep! 2) more please! Now i know the effectiveness of thus, please do more videos on this topic for different muscle groups. 3) Reps? Sets? 48 hours apart? Well, truth is, it will take me a while to get there! Wow! And, i should add, I've been regularly stretching, so that most stretches are nothing fir me, my entire life! These moves are beyond "very" effective!
This shoulder exercise is brilliant. By using the opposite hand to bring the weight up it doesn’t irritate my shoulder but I still feel like I’m working it. as someone said in a comment earlier, you really understand us and that’s exactly how I feel myself. So maybe I should say you’re brilliant. Thank you.
I’ve been working out like this and it feels amazing. I didn’t know it improved flexibility. I’m 49 and recovering from MANY injuries and this just felt like the way to go. Injuries that I’ve had for 30 years aren’t bothering me anymore, my back will let me do things I’ve avoided for 30 years. My body feels better than it did when I was 20. I haven’t been stretching and haven’t felt the need to, my body just feels good. I was primarily a runner, starting when I was 13, a cyclist, trail runner, yogi, dancer, etc. I lifted a lot in high school and college, but usually about 30 reps a set. I never developed enough strength, or the right kind of strength to prevent and rehab injuries.
Terrific! I started with hamstring and found it easy. I rewatched the video and learned that I need to keep my back straight. Not so easy! Please add ankle and rlbow. Very much appreciated.
Great stuff! Can't wait to try. I blew out a shoulder doing 300 pushups every other day some 45 years ago, and my shoulders are starting to fall apart again.
48 yo, I’ve tried eccentric training over the past year. I feel stronger and more flexible than ever. Great advice here, definitely worth a try. Keep the muscle under tension for the whole set, and use a weight / effort that gets hard to continue around 30 seconds in. You only need a handful of sets / week to get great results. Good luck! ❤
Luv the idea of this type of flexability. Three legends in bodybuilding come to mind as you demo the Romanian Deadlift: *Tom Platz just bcuz he was SO over the top. Had legs like sides of beef *Mike Mentzer in terms of resting and muscle growth( not necessarily the soreness aspect as pump and soreness do not necessarily mean growth. Maxing followed by adequate rest between workouts is the recipe for laying down more meat) *Jackie Paisley was a big promoter of stretching and eccentrics for definition. Enhances blood supply to muscles
Will Harlow you are the most compassionate person, I have ever seen. I have Gait issues; I walk like a penguin. Where my Right Hip is Weak, and my Left Hip drop . Or *Glute Medius tendon tear repair* Tomorrow, I am making an Appointment to see an Orthopedic Specialist to see Exactly what I have as far as my Right Hip.
Just one try of the shoulder exercise left me surprised at the reduction of pain in my upper arms I've been battling for a year. It's so much easier to move my arms. You're amazing
Thank you for the shoulder exercise. My GP surgery won't make doctor's appointments for arm or leg pain so I'm waiting for a physio appointment. I may be waiting some time so anything shoulder/arm related is much appreciated. I've just done this exercise along with you and it was manageable, whereas some movements are very painful.
Thank you! Twenty years ago a Physiotherapist shared this type of exercise for me to focus upon, because my muscles are normally cramped and in spasm. It works!!
Appreciate the efficiency of combining strength & flexibility training in each exercise to expand my repertoire. Good timing. I was getting bored with calf stretches.
Three great excersises I will be trying tomorrow. I enjoy your 3 tip Friday am desperately in need of some good excersises to loosen up. I think you have given me the incentive to start! Thanks Margaret from Tasmania.
Will you are unbelievable brilliant smart trained most of all perhaps the most difficult first rate clear vivid sincere honest to the point orator. I don’t just watch your video and absorb everything I look forward to your next ones and tune in eagerly . I am getting your book as well recommend you to all whom I know. Great job great job. Keep it up . Michael Diodati
Oh Will, many years ago The San Jose Mercury in the SF Bay Area ran a "Personal Trainer" column in their paper. I would clip and save them all. This one was FOR EVERYDAY WEIGHTLIFTER, ONE SET OF REPS MAY BE ENOUGH" (i.e for the average Joe & Jane Public at Gyms). They took 2 groups going to the gym 3 days a week, 8 to 12 reps, all the major muscle groups. The first group spending 60 minutes in the Gym doing doing 3 sets per muscle group, and the second group spending only 25 minutes doing the above but ONLY doing ONE set. Guess what...the group that were doing 3 sets, in a 3 month follow-up study, BODY FAT, MUSCLE SIZE , no significant between the two groups improvement, STRENGTH & ENDURANCE, The 3 Sets groups' improvement was only 2 % better than the ONE set groups. So, they concluded we spend so much time doing 3 sets, time which we can do other fun exercises, for example, Swimming, walking, Cardio, Sports Hula Hoop or even playing Bobby Fischer Chess960. So, I do only ONE set. They listed the SOURCES as: University of Florida reported in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, a journal published by the American College of Sports Medicine; REUTERS So Will, WHADOYAHTHINK?🙃🙂 I'd love to hear. Thanks in advance.
I love following all your exercises video, very well explained and easy to follow with.. I am in my early 70s and had my pinched nerve surgery in April... Thus disappointingly to say that there are limitations of most of your exercise programe where the back is concerned. Thank you PT Will, you are a great PT. God Bless and stay safe and well!
Been a subscriber for a while...just starting to really pay attention. Took notes today, and will research more of these eccentric movements. Joined your "3-Tip Friday" emails. Will purchase your book soon. The realities of age are upon me; and I believe your expertise will help. Thanks,
Thanks for sharing your excellent knowledge! I am really enjoying your videos and making note of the various exercises to make my own weekly routine. I also just bought your book and can’t wait for it to show up tomorrow!
If you believe statins are the only way to reduce healthspan, you're either a GP slave to Big Pharm or unable to think for yourself. Or both😅@Krunch2020
It's simply a disclaimer. He's not your Dr and doesn't know you and your health. He can't be held responsible for you if you do something obtuse. It's all on you.
That totally makes sense!!! I remember when I was training in my 20s. I felt guilty about not stretching, but I also felt I had a lot of flexibility by working out the opposite muscles. This was probably why!
Thanks very much for introducing an unfamiliar routine for me - it looks to be very beneficial for stretching competence. Always a pleasure to watch and apply your routines. 🤗💪
I came to this particular video through 3 Tip Friday this morning and Ecentric Strength Training is intriguing and interesting to me. Would it be possible for you to share other examples of Ecentric Strength Training in addition to these three? You and your channel are absolutely brilliant and offer great content in my humble opinion. I have found a great deal of what you publish extremely useful and helpful. Thank you ever so much!
Thx for the video. A chiropractor helped me find shoulder relief thru doing Potstirring motion right above the floor bent over. I start by tightening the arm a bit and stir large circles between the feet and go smaller & smaller. I have done ths standing & sitting.
Great video! I've been using Romanian deadlifts for years to double up stretching and resistance training but never knew that it was more effective with the timing of the movement you showed. I don't know if you've done a video about this but anecdotally, I've noticed that my body is very good at locking muscles up that can't handle the load they've been given. For example, when my calves are weak and I go for a bike ride, they will lock into position to handle the load. I'm only 55 and do resistance training on a regular basis so this usually only happens to me after injury but I can see it happening as I get older in day to day activities if I'm not careful.
Very good, thank you, have you one for raising my arm after shoulder reversal, cant raise higher than waist high,its nearly 4 months now, lm doing many exercises, the one fingers crawling up the wall not very successful, thank you, bless . Lyn almost 80 yrs.
I'm finding your videos really helpful - very clear and informative. It makes sense to do eccentric exercises instead of just stretching. A word of caution for anyone with insertional achilles tendonitis - I discovered that going over the edge of the step compresses the tendon and is not advised- ie going into dorsiflexion.
Great advise, thank you so much. I will certainly include these exercises into my training routines. If you have more of these, please make another video.
It was a very good video with a slow, clear explanation clear view and very helpful even for seniors too I am heartedly thankful to you for your video and very good explanation with details in slow teaching I appreciate it a lot to you special ❤
Okay! Everyone is getting on board with this eccentrically loading the muscles! “Knees over toes guy” Yep his channel has been sharing this for years and it’s really blown up in popularity. Seems everyone is getting on board. Definitely better than Static holding movements. Good your info is staying CURRENT.
Thanks Will for showing us how to strength our muscles in different parts of our body. Love these moves & will visit them again. I will also teach them to my students.👍
Hatha yoga is thee comprehensive answer. See the monographs by Richard Hittleman, who popularized yoga in the US in the 1950-1970 and had a long running Yoga For Health program on PBS.
It's my pleasure to be able to help! Thank you for purchasing my book and signing up for my mail outs, I hope you find them both packed with useful content 😃
Will these are great exercises I will be doing these regularly I am glad that you came up with these exercises because stretching sometimes can be a colossal waste of time I'm not down playing the effectiveness of stretching, but your techniques can save a lot of time
I have been incorporating stretching and isometric holds on my circuit weight training for years ... that, with all 3 sets of each exercise compiled into one ... lighter weight & higher reps (upwards of 50). That has worked well for keeping my muscle mass while being kind to my joints. A lot of the Physical Therapy I've had over the years ... at least the effective PT, has become a part of my workout routine. This technique you have shown is completely new to me ... similar to what is going on with my isometric holds, but not the same. I have been struggling with muscle tightness for quite a few years. It will be interesting to see how your techniques will work for me. If they do work, I will incorporate them into my workout routine. My workouts last about 2hrs ... but I have all the time I need to stretch out that time as long as needed.
Love these suggestions, Will ! However, I would just like to say that I feel that we should come back up slowly from the Romanian deadlift (amazing name !) - too fast could perhaps be asking for a bit of trouble ? (I can certainly see that possibilty in my case !) Thanks for all your work - much appreciated.😀
Thank you for creating these exercises which you expertly explain in a way to follow which is not intimidating and gives me confidence to try and improve all ares of my body which, being older and a non-gym attender, is a great way to improve my health.
Excellent advice! When I had a hip external rotator injury everyone was telling me to stretch and further stretch, even the physio stretched the hell out of it making it a lot worse. I then realised that an injury occurred specifically because of the muscle weakness and by stretching, all I was doing was weakening it even more which was amplified by sitting. I gently started working on it to strengthen and didn't do targeted stretches but very occasionally. This improved my condition massively. Then what really made it even better and gave me the power to run again was going up the stairs. Going up the stairs two floors several times a day was like bulletproofing my hips and muscles around them. So yeah, strengthening more than stretching and eccentric strength/stretch is the way forward.
I've been watching and trying out some of your excellent exercises and had some good results you make sense in what you are teaching us .I am 80 and walk every day ( weather permitting) Very many thanks
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I have severe osteoporosis and I will be avoiding the Romanian deadlift because it is all about flexion, which we with severe osteoporosis want to avoid. I have had fractures. The knees in this exercise are just soft. Please correct me if I am wrong with this assumption. Unless I hear otherwise from you Will I will be avoiding this one. Going to watch the other 2 now.
I have been in therapy for a month after receiving a nerve block/steroid shot for pinched nerve which has caused right shoulder pain and upper arm pain. My right hand has also been stiff and sore. Especially my middle two fingers. My right shoulder blade gets swollen and sore as well. Therapy exercises have improved this somewhat. But some days it gets worse again. Causes sleep interruption. The shoulder exercise you demonstrate is appealing. Do you recommend any other exercises that I could try to alleviate my pain?
Some physiotherapists advise against romanian deadlift because of the pressure it puts on the lower back and the spine. Would u qhave any advice on that?
Thanks for the video. It's great that this concept can be implemented to almost any exercise! Easy way to add flexibility without having to another sessions of working out just for stretching
I have sciatica flare up maybe once a year. Have started pilates, particularly reformer and love it! Do you advice this type of exercise for those with lower back weakness. And what to avoid when experiencing sciatica. Or maybe there's a particular exercise that is useful.
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Can I make a suggestion Will? Could you put your web address in the main section above? I think it would help people see your qualifications as a Physio and know that you are bona fide :)
I adore this channel
I'm 48, I'm a personal trainer who works in disability and aging population.
Thank you for all you bring. Down to earth and straight to the point without all the personal fluff ❤
I agree
Very clear and trust worthy
Thank you so much for your kind comment - I'm just pleased to have the platform on which to share my work with others! Wishing you all the best in your work :)
@@HT-Physio But I listen at 2x, rewinding a bit if I need to.
Ive posted this before, but im going to post it again. This channel is a revelation. As an 80 year old ballroom dancer and teacher, the exercise are superb and extremely beneficial. Many many thanks
Every time you say, 'Very often in people over 50 . . . ' I want to shout out to the screen, ' YES, that's exactly how it is!' You REALLY understand us!
Did he say that?
@@LaylaDSmithHe did.
No kidding, this young man certainly knows his audience😄👍
@@psoon04286too funny
@kristinerendulic5501, you just made me do a KOOLAIDE smile. Being over 50, I know you understand that...(SMILING).
Be BLESSED😇
This is the best video I have seen on how to start a weight lifting program for seniors. I want so much to work out at the gym, but I have no idea how to begin. I watch people and try to imitate. Please make more videos on weight lifting routines that we can follow at a beginner level. You showed us the form and how not to injure ourselves. It's the first time I hear of the concept of stretching without strengthening as a waste of time and effort and I agree fully with you. Thank you Thank you so so much for helping us seniors out here!!
You've taken the first steps by being honest with yourself. I've been using a weight regime for 23 years, I followed using the Weight Training for Dummies DVD, believe it or not; large muscles to small, opposing muscles for curling or for extending, etc.
Shaping Up With Weights for Dummies is the video (humble apologies) - excellent guidance.
Another outstanding video. BTW, I bought your book and it is great!👍🏻
Get a personal trainer to write you up a personal program
Go to the gym and work with a professional trainer, discuss what you want to achieve and they will create a program for you. It mag cost some money (some gyms include a personal trainer session as part of their membership), but well worth it. Please don’t watch and copy other people, you don’t know what they are trying to achieve or whether they are doing it properly.
I always had incredibly tight hamstrings my whole life. When I turned 50 I started weightlifting and by the time I had my check up at 51 I could touch my toes. Mind you I hadn't been able to touch my toes since I was about eight.
wow.sounds great
Please share some tips and exercises that helped you improve flexibility.
My ballet teacher always said that being flexible is great, but not if you don’t have the strength to back it up.
Absolutely, they go hand in hand!
Ditto ... the ould fella in the pub said the same thing 🤷
@@HT-Physio ❤ cat is more flexible but lion more stronger. Strength is more important than agility ❤
@@KGRAO2047A lion is a cat too.
@@monongahelacats absolutely. A balanced body is pliable as well as strong and stable
I'm 71. These look like EXCELLENT exercises for someone like myself. Thanks very much for making us aware of eccentric exercises!
I have 3 favourite channels and this is one of them. I have ordered Will’s book 2nd time. A brilliant young man who through his program I am able to walk with my head up and and look 15 ft in front of me. Thank you Will ❤
Certainly my favourite channel.
Very precise, effective and provides results.
Beauty of Will is he responds to each and every question the viewers put forth.
Thank you so much for your kind comment - I try to respond to as many people as possible because I truly appreciate the support 😃
@@HT-Physio Thank you 🙏
Like the use of insert graphic Close Ups, making it easier to see the exercise in better detail.
These videos by Will are EXCELLENT. well presented, clear and he knows precisely the issues that are impacting his audience….AND provides tailored, quality content to address them. I would like to say it is my favourite channel….the hard truth is I am watching because this is advice geared towards my issues ….it’s becoming my “most watched” and is most appreciated. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind comment - I'm so pleased to be able to share my work and hearing that it's appreciated really makes it worth it!
Thank u Will. I am a polio survivor (At 10, before vacins paralysed from neck down). 77 now and couple years ago my muscles getting very weak. Ur exercises have been so beneficial. Tks again
Frankly, upon reading the notification for this video, and then listening to the introduction, i didn't expect it to work. Don't know why. But i didn't believe in it. But, i kept an open mind and gave it a try. Result: 1) you totally changed my mind! I could feel a huge difference on the first moves first rep! 2) more please! Now i know the effectiveness of thus, please do more videos on this topic for different muscle groups. 3) Reps? Sets? 48 hours apart? Well, truth is, it will take me a while to get there! Wow! And, i should add, I've been regularly stretching, so that most stretches are nothing fir me, my entire life! These moves are beyond "very" effective!
So pleased it proved to be effective for you, it's always great to keep an open mind as you never know what benefit new tricks may have!
❤
This shoulder exercise is brilliant. By using the opposite hand to bring the weight up it doesn’t irritate my shoulder but I still feel like I’m working it. as someone said in a comment earlier, you really understand us and that’s exactly how I feel myself. So maybe I should say you’re brilliant. Thank you.
I’ve been working out like this and it feels amazing. I didn’t know it improved flexibility. I’m 49 and recovering from MANY injuries and this just felt like the way to go. Injuries that I’ve had for 30 years aren’t bothering me anymore, my back will let me do things I’ve avoided for 30 years. My body feels better than it did when I was 20. I haven’t been stretching and haven’t felt the need to, my body just feels good. I was primarily a runner, starting when I was 13, a cyclist, trail runner, yogi, dancer, etc. I lifted a lot in high school and college, but usually about 30 reps a set. I never developed enough strength, or the right kind of strength to prevent and rehab injuries.
Thank you Will ❤ . Your channel is best channel for keeping seniors healthy and strong.
Thank you so much, so pleased to hear you've found my channel helpful!
Terrific! I started with hamstring and found it easy. I rewatched the video and learned that I need to keep my back straight. Not so easy! Please add ankle and rlbow. Very much appreciated.
Great stuff! Can't wait to try. I blew out a shoulder doing 300 pushups every other day some 45 years ago, and my shoulders are starting to fall apart again.
48 yo, I’ve tried eccentric training over the past year. I feel stronger and more flexible than ever. Great advice here, definitely worth a try. Keep the muscle under tension for the whole set, and use a weight / effort that gets hard to continue around 30 seconds in. You only need a handful of sets / week to get great results. Good luck! ❤
Luv the idea of this type of flexability. Three legends in bodybuilding come to mind as you demo the Romanian Deadlift:
*Tom Platz just bcuz he was SO over the top. Had legs like sides of beef
*Mike Mentzer in terms of resting and muscle growth( not necessarily the soreness aspect as pump and soreness do not necessarily mean growth. Maxing followed by adequate rest between workouts is the recipe for laying down more meat)
*Jackie Paisley was a big promoter of stretching and eccentrics for definition. Enhances blood supply to muscles
Spot on you named 3 of the finest physical specimens known to humanity, IMHO
Will Harlow you are the most compassionate person, I have ever seen.
I have Gait issues; I walk like a penguin. Where my Right Hip is Weak, and my Left Hip drop .
Or *Glute Medius tendon tear repair*
Tomorrow, I am making an Appointment to see an Orthopedic Specialist to see Exactly what I have as far as my Right Hip.
I'm sorry to hear about your gait issues - I hope your appointment with the Orthopaedic Specialist helps to shed light on what you're experiencing!
Just one try of the shoulder exercise left me surprised at the reduction of pain in my upper arms I've been battling for a year. It's so much easier to move my arms. You're amazing
So pleased to hear it was so helpful!
You explain so very well and your exercices are so helpful. Just wonderful!
So pleased they were helpful!
Thank you for the shoulder exercise. My GP surgery won't make doctor's appointments for arm or leg pain so I'm waiting for a physio appointment. I may be waiting some time so anything shoulder/arm related is much appreciated. I've just done this exercise along with you and it was manageable, whereas some movements are very painful.
In one video, you hit my top problem areas! Bravo, and thank you. I’ll be scanning your library for anything on neck and upper back pain. 🙏
Thank you! Twenty years ago a Physiotherapist shared this type of exercise for me to focus upon, because my muscles are normally cramped and in spasm. It works!!
So pleased to hear it worked for you!
Appreciate the efficiency of combining strength & flexibility training in each exercise to expand my repertoire.
Good timing. I was getting bored with calf stretches.
Glad my video came at the right time for you!
How do you strengthen lower back muscles if they’re sore or possibly injured?
Ideally, warm up (with movement) before stretching
Three great excersises I will be trying tomorrow. I enjoy your 3 tip Friday am desperately in need of some good excersises to loosen up. I think you have given me the incentive to start!
Thanks Margaret from
Tasmania.
Excellent Will😊
Thanks so much!!!
Always appreciate the easy to follow instructions❤
So pleased they've been valuable for you!
Eccentric training can be done in any lifting exercise, it's merely a matter of changing the cadence to 2:1:5 or so (lift, pause, lower).
Will you are unbelievable brilliant smart trained most of all perhaps the most difficult first rate clear vivid sincere honest to the point orator. I don’t just watch your video and absorb everything I look forward to your next ones and tune in eagerly . I am getting your book as well recommend you to all whom I know. Great job great job. Keep it up . Michael Diodati
Oh Will, many years ago The San Jose Mercury in the SF Bay Area ran a "Personal Trainer" column in their paper. I would clip and save them all. This one was FOR EVERYDAY WEIGHTLIFTER, ONE SET OF REPS MAY BE ENOUGH" (i.e for the average Joe & Jane Public at Gyms). They took 2 groups going to the gym 3 days a week, 8 to 12 reps, all the major muscle groups. The first group spending 60 minutes in the Gym doing doing 3 sets per muscle group, and the second group spending only 25 minutes doing the above but ONLY doing ONE set. Guess what...the group that were doing 3 sets, in a 3 month follow-up study, BODY FAT, MUSCLE SIZE , no significant between the two groups improvement, STRENGTH & ENDURANCE, The 3 Sets groups' improvement was only 2 % better than the ONE set groups. So, they concluded we spend so much time doing 3 sets, time which we can do other fun exercises, for example, Swimming, walking, Cardio, Sports Hula Hoop or even playing Bobby Fischer Chess960. So, I do only ONE set. They listed the SOURCES as: University of Florida reported in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, a journal published by the American College of Sports Medicine; REUTERS
So Will, WHADOYAHTHINK?🙃🙂 I'd love to hear. Thanks in advance.
Nice video!
Do share exercises for improving flexibility of piriformis muscle and hip flexors
Thank you for these simple easy recipes-call exercises. The lateral shoulder ones will be especially helpful in my situation!
I love following all your exercises video, very well explained and easy to follow with.. I am in my early 70s and had my pinched nerve surgery in April... Thus disappointingly to say that there are limitations of most of your exercise programe where the back is concerned. Thank you PT Will, you are a great PT. God Bless and stay safe and well!
Been a subscriber for a while...just starting to really pay attention. Took notes today, and will research more of these eccentric movements. Joined your "3-Tip Friday" emails. Will purchase your book soon. The realities of age are upon me; and I believe your expertise will help. Thanks,
Totally true! Barbell strength training has changed my life.
Thanks for sharing your excellent knowledge! I am really enjoying your videos and making note of the various exercises to make my own weekly routine. I also just bought your book and can’t wait for it to show up tomorrow!
Great , 64 , have been workingnout for years but didnt know the individual calf raise exercise....thank you! youuuu
Really useful and practical tips. My 77-year-old knees and shoulders thank you.
It's always funny when given the advice to "contact your doctor before....". Drs (GPs) are my last go to. Ever. Lol.
If you need a statin to reduce your healthspan you’ll have to visit a GP.
If you believe statins are the only way to reduce healthspan, you're either a GP slave to Big Pharm or unable to think for yourself. Or both😅@Krunch2020
If I could write my own prescriptions I would never visit a Dr.again.
It's simply a disclaimer. He's not your Dr and doesn't know you and your health. He can't be held responsible for you if you do something obtuse. It's all on you.
@@musakui 🤣 I get it. #captainobvious 😜
Thank you!! I have had tight muscles all my life!! I will try this!!
❤you Will , so patient and kind!
I hope it proves beneficial for you! Wishing you all the best :)
That totally makes sense!!! I remember when I was training in my 20s. I felt guilty about not stretching, but I also felt I had a lot of flexibility by working out the opposite muscles. This was probably why!
Thanks very much for introducing an unfamiliar routine for me - it looks to be very beneficial for stretching competence. Always a pleasure to watch and apply your routines. 🤗💪
So pleased you found my video educational and that I was able to introduce something new!
If you have High hamstring tendonopathy is this exercise, the Romanian deadlift, appropriate?
I came to this particular video through 3 Tip Friday this morning and Ecentric Strength Training is intriguing and interesting to me. Would it be possible for you to share other examples of Ecentric Strength Training in addition to these three? You and your channel are absolutely brilliant and offer great content in my humble opinion. I have found a great deal of what you publish extremely useful and helpful. Thank you ever so much!
Thx for the video. A chiropractor helped me find shoulder relief thru doing Potstirring motion right above the floor bent over. I start by tightening the arm a bit and stir large circles between the feet and go smaller & smaller. I have done ths standing & sitting.
Hello, and Thanks again.
Clear, Concise, Consistent, you are!
Luving you, in an Auntie, kind of way! 🥰
Thank you so much!
Great video! I've been using Romanian deadlifts for years to double up stretching and resistance training but never knew that it was more effective with the timing of the movement you showed.
I don't know if you've done a video about this but anecdotally, I've noticed that my body is very good at locking muscles up that can't handle the load they've been given. For example, when my calves are weak and I go for a bike ride, they will lock into position to handle the load. I'm only 55 and do resistance training on a regular basis so this usually only happens to me after injury but I can see it happening as I get older in day to day activities if I'm not careful.
Very good, thank you, have you one for raising my arm after shoulder reversal, cant raise higher than waist high,its nearly 4 months now, lm doing many exercises, the one fingers crawling up the wall not very successful, thank you, bless . Lyn almost 80 yrs.
I'm finding your videos really helpful - very clear and informative. It makes sense to do eccentric exercises instead of just stretching. A word of caution for anyone with insertional achilles tendonitis - I discovered that going over the edge of the step compresses the tendon and is not advised- ie going into dorsiflexion.
That shoulder rotation exercise is surprisingly effective. Thank you!
This info is FANTASTIC! Please show more eccentric movements! These are highly effective for me. Thanks!
Great video. More simple exercises for those of us that are overweight and inflexible please. I struggle to even get down on a mat let alone stand up!
Great advise, thank you so much. I will certainly include these exercises into my training routines. If you have more of these, please make another video.
It was a very good video with a slow, clear explanation clear view and very helpful even for seniors too I am heartedly thankful to you for your video and very good explanation with details in slow teaching I appreciate it a lot to you special ❤
Absolutely love the book so easy to read wonderful videos such a great help
Okay! Everyone is getting on board with this eccentrically loading the muscles! “Knees over toes guy”
Yep his channel has been sharing this for years and it’s really blown up in popularity. Seems everyone is getting on board. Definitely better than Static holding movements. Good your info is staying CURRENT.
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Thanks Will for showing us how to strength our muscles in different parts of our body. Love these
moves & will visit them again. I will also teach them to my students.👍
So pleased you found my video helpful - thank you for sharing my work with others!
Hatha yoga is thee comprehensive answer. See the monographs by Richard Hittleman, who popularized yoga in the US in the 1950-1970 and had a long running Yoga For Health program on PBS.
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It's my pleasure to be able to help! Thank you for purchasing my book and signing up for my mail outs, I hope you find them both packed with useful content 😃
This is great information. I have a problem with very weak hip joints. Can you tell me how to strengthen them without hurting myself?
This is precisely what I needed! Thank you so much for posting. Subscribed.
Will these are great exercises I will be doing these regularly I am glad that you came up with these exercises because stretching sometimes can be a colossal waste of time I'm not down playing the effectiveness of stretching, but your techniques can save a lot of time
I have been incorporating stretching and isometric holds on my circuit weight training for years ... that, with all 3 sets of each exercise compiled into one ... lighter weight & higher reps (upwards of 50). That has worked well for keeping my muscle mass while being kind to my joints. A lot of the Physical Therapy I've had over the years ... at least the effective PT, has become a part of my workout routine. This technique you have shown is completely new to me ... similar to what is going on with my isometric holds, but not the same. I have been struggling with muscle tightness for quite a few years. It will be interesting to see how your techniques will work for me. If they do work, I will incorporate them into my workout routine. My workouts last about 2hrs ... but I have all the time I need to stretch out that time as long as needed.
I'm starting to apply eccentricity to all my exercises. My shoulder is also my Achilles' Heel. 😉
Love these suggestions, Will ! However, I would just like to say that I feel that we should come back up slowly from the Romanian deadlift (amazing name !) - too fast could perhaps be asking for a bit of trouble ? (I can certainly see that possibilty in my case !) Thanks for all your work - much appreciated.😀
Thank you for creating these exercises which you expertly explain in a way to follow which is not intimidating and gives me confidence to try and improve all ares of my body which, being older and a non-gym attender, is a great way to improve my health.
How does the Romanian deadlift affect the lower back? I have apparently tightened lower back muscles
Excellent advice! When I had a hip external rotator injury everyone was telling me to stretch and further stretch, even the physio stretched the hell out of it making it a lot worse. I then realised that an injury occurred specifically because of the muscle weakness and by stretching, all I was doing was weakening it even more which was amplified by sitting. I gently started working on it to strengthen and didn't do targeted stretches but very occasionally. This improved my condition massively. Then what really made it even better and gave me the power to run again was going up the stairs. Going up the stairs two floors several times a day was like bulletproofing my hips and muscles around them. So yeah, strengthening more than stretching and eccentric strength/stretch is the way forward.
I've been watching and trying out some of your excellent exercises and had some good results you make sense in what you are teaching us .I am 80 and walk every day ( weather permitting) Very many thanks
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Excellent content well presented. I am getting so much help from your videos.
Excellent exercises and explanation
I am interested in the mobility of back / shoulder muscles and joints
Thanks
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Please continue this line of thinking, reducing the boring, while replacing a stretch with an exercise that stretches
I have just started to do yoga but seeing this it’s made me realise that I may have to add in some of your stretches too, thank you!
I hope you find them helpful!
I need to do that shoulder exercise,.. thanks
Will, is the Romanian dead lift safe for people with osteoporosis?
He did tell us to check with our doctor first! So do that!!
I have severe osteoporosis and I will be avoiding the Romanian deadlift because it is all about flexion, which we with severe osteoporosis want to avoid. I have had fractures. The knees in this exercise are just soft. Please correct me if I am wrong with this assumption. Unless I hear otherwise from you Will I will be avoiding this one. Going to watch the other 2 now.
Same concept in certain forms of yoga.. has thousands of years of backup that proves it works.
Brilliant. Thank you. Amazing video and advice.
Thank you this is exactly what I needed help with !
I have been in therapy for a month after receiving a nerve block/steroid shot for pinched nerve which has caused right shoulder pain and upper arm pain. My right hand has also been stiff and sore. Especially my middle two fingers. My right shoulder blade gets swollen and sore as well. Therapy exercises have improved this somewhat. But some days it gets worse again. Causes sleep interruption. The shoulder exercise you demonstrate is appealing. Do you recommend any other exercises that I could try to alleviate my pain?
Would you count this as a "stretching session" or a resistance session? All 3 of these sound good for me.
What about fascia / connective tissue? Does that not benefit from 'only stretching'?
Some physiotherapists advise against romanian deadlift because of the pressure it puts on the lower back and the spine. Would u qhave any advice on that?
Thanks for the video. It's great that this concept can be implemented to almost any exercise! Easy way to add flexibility without having to another sessions of working out just for stretching
Great to hear you found my video interesting!
Thank you, love the exercises
Glad you like them!
would you have / know of any " stretches " when out and about? Sometimes I am traveling and not always in lose clothing or can find a place to sit.
Great - more of these, please!
Really enjoyed this video. It’s like I get 2 things accomplished with 1 movement.
I have sciatica flare up maybe once a year. Have started pilates, particularly reformer and love it! Do you advice this type of exercise for those with lower back weakness. And what to avoid when experiencing sciatica. Or maybe there's a particular exercise that is useful.
Thankyou! From zambia
Very good tip as always
Great video! Is there an eccentric exercise for opening the shoulders?
Thank you so much Will
God bless you ❤❤
Happy to help😃