tightness

[pee dee]

I have been doing heavy Olympic lifts lately, and I am having trouble with my lower back getting really tight. Stretching helps some...but idk if I need to hit my abs harder or what. Any help is appreciated.

[jwmetz]

Chiropractor

[Simple Man]

Back extensions and situps, I'd think.

[Jozie & Me]

Yoga on active rest day

[pee dee]

Thanks...il try it

[carolinaboy06]

We do yoga for crossfitters at our box. The instructor looks at our programming or asks us what we want/need to work on. Once a week is nice, twice a week is the money.

Roll out every day before and after working out.

Back extensions for ROM, muscle memory and blood flow.

[MolliesMaster]

Get a lacrosse ball and do some stretching with bands. I was going through the same thing really bad, to the point I would have to cut my workouts in half. Got the ball, started doing band stretches and rolling out with foam and the lacrosse 30 minutes 2x a day. Good as new now and I continue to roll out everyday so I can stay that way!

[SCcdp]

Some good advice above, but I'd also focus on hamstring, psoas and hip flexor stretches. If your low back is tight and painful you may have some pelvic tilt caused by tight hamstrings, psoas or hip flexors.

You can smash the psoas with a larger diameter ball or the handle of a kettlebell. It sucks but it helps. Hip flexors and quads you can do the couch stretch and there are a million things to do for the hamstring but I'd start with a localized softball smash and then move onto more active stretching.

[SC quacker2]

Some good advice above, but I'd also focus on hamstring, psoas and hip flexor stretches. If your low back is tight and painful you may have some pelvic tilt caused by tight hamstrings, psoas or hip flexors.

You can smash the psoas with a larger diameter ball or the handle of a kettlebell. It sucks but it helps. Hip flexors and quads you can do the couch stretch and there are a million things to do for the hamstring but I'd start with a localized softball smash and then move onto more active stretching.

^This. Hamstrings are what both muscle heads and high-end athletes both forget. Abs and quads get strong and too tight causing but to rotate back causing back issues.

[Glenn]

Mobility and stretching for your posterior chain. What you're feeling is soreness/tightness in your spinal erectors. Those big muscles that keep your torso up in the bottom of a squat and that help open the hips.

Good mornings, light roman dead lifts, foam rolling and 4 way hip stretches. And at least two rest days for every 5 days of work. Not "active" rest. Rest.

[Tater]

Please tell me we're still doing phrasing!

[CAMO SNOB]

this thread sucks... I thought it was going to be tight asses or tight bodies chicks, or cunts???? something good, you know like what Tater has been posting. I guess i should have known it had no designated day, and was not started by Tater.

[pee dee]

Mobility and stretching for your posterior chain. What you're feeling is soreness/tightness in your spinal erectors. Those big muscles that keep your torso up in the bottom of a squat and that help open the hips.

Good mornings, light roman dead lifts, foam rolling and 4 way hip stretches. And at least two rest days for every 5 days of work. Not "active" rest. Rest.

Yeah I've been trying to roll out some, and I've watched a bunch of videos about stretching out to see if I can add any stretches. I think one of the biggest things I need to do is rest a little more. I took yesterday off and I feel awesome today. I was getting beat up bad. Ham strings are part of the problem, I've been stretching more than I ever have in my life....gonna go see a chiro also

[Slaya]

I've had some of late. Had it worked out.

Today they dialed up "Alexander".

5 Rounds
31 BS 135
12 PC 185

I made 4 rounds at 135/115 and 1 round 115/115. That's a shade over 10 tons BS and 1 3/4 tons +/- PC. Standing up from the pot a little while ago was interesting.

Stretched out before and after, but tonight will find me in the floor after ball practice. rolling out and stretching. I guarantee! I am sore/tight back there.