\n\n\t\t\t\t\tIn this situation these joints are the hip, knee, and ankle.When we are in the terminal stance, we have flexed and loaded these 3 joint structures. With the knee tilted, simultaneous triple extension will effectively push the COG [center of gravity] toward the next cone.When correctly orchestrated, this triple extension can be the most powerful motion the body can produce. This has been demonstrated by the huge power outputs measured by lifters performing Olympic lifts (which are based on this triple extension). This motion needs to practiced and perfected.\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\tSwitching positions \n<\/h3>\n\n\tAs I stated in my previous entry, it is very helpful to switch positions occasionally. Even though the large extensor muscles are slower to fatigue, they certainly will, especially if you're pushing the pace over your anaerobic threshold. In those circumstances, it makes perfect sense to slide to the front of the saddle or stand on the pedals to give the extensor group a rest (mainly by engaging the flexor groups.) Remember, in climbing situations, just like your ride routes, variety is the spice of life.\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tThanks for the great comments and discussion on how to climb better. As always, leave me a comment and let me know if there are questions or thoughts about anything I may have missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [dc]S[\/dc]ince I posted about various climbing positions a couple of weeks ago, there has been some interesting questions and some interesting discussion on the idea of changing your climbing position. Specifically, some questions were posed as to why we slide backwards on the saddle. Or why do we switch positions (or should we switch positions) regularly on a climb? Well, let's get a little deeper into that, shall we? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,25],"tags":[157,175,178],"yst_prominent_words":[3506,3518,1933,3507,3509,905,341,3516,3519,3510,3508,3505,1449,3513,3514,3515,3512,3517,3520,3511],"wppr_data":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11028,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/11028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |