Lift With a “Neutral Spine”? What That Looks Like (video)

November 30, 2012

I didn’t understand what a neutral spine was my first 2 years of lifting. When I took a weight training class in high school and learned to squat, the teacher would say “keep your back straight”. I thought that meant to keep it perpendicular to the floor.
Luckily I was taught proper form by a trainer in a commercial gym a couple of years later. Here’s a video that does a solid job demonstrating a “neutral spine”.

These guys also have a detailed post on how different people have different ranges of neutral they can train within. The best post I’ve seen so far on this subject.
Link: The Myth of Neutral Spine | Robertson Training Systems.
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