This Muscle Is Keeping You STIFF! (and most don't properly stretch it)
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0:00 Why Do The Lats Keep You Tight?
1:25 Why Traditional Lat Stretches Don't Work
2:32 Assessments To Determine What To Do
3:29 The Importance Of This Stretch
4:35 Stretch Walkthrough
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Purchased the body restoration programme four weeks ago - I cannot believe the difference in such a short amount of time. I can finally sit in a chair without extreme discomfort. Thank you so much! Would HIGHLY recommend.
@judod97
10 ай бұрын
nice ad you got there
@MI-qj6xr
2 ай бұрын
Can you update?
Omg I have been complaining about my low back rib cage for 3 yrs every time I get out of bed I am leaning to my left and sometimes can’t even sit in a chair everything hurts , did your stretch and what a miracle feel fantastic and I was getting ready to go to a chiropractor thank you
This was life changing for me. I just realized that my tight lat on one side has been restricting my breathing and gait during running and has been negatively affecting my running performance and posture. It’s incredible how much it throws off so much of the rest of the body to compensate. Even my calves had tightness on that side compensating for the lat tightness.
Thanks bro, this literally changed my life.. I’ve been in physical therapy for a year now and no one isolated these specific problems, I’ve been self diagnosing for about eight months and your video was exactly everything I thought.. you’re a genius
This is excellent! I have a tight right side down to the pelvis ...plus an internally rotated right shoulder. This is the only stretch that I feel and makes a difference. Thank you!!!
@conorharris
10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@AJS-zn3cj
10 ай бұрын
I also felt this more in my hip region than my back. I've been working on my left hip for the last year, and I'll add this one to my routine.
@cryptogymbro
10 ай бұрын
Same IR right shoulder and tight right hip :) i do worlds greatest stretch too.
@deezknitz
10 ай бұрын
SAME!!
@coenslaughter4250
Ай бұрын
Same
The world is grateful to you Conor Thank you for your selfless dedication 🙏
I’ve been following you religiously, and purchased many programs!! Now I just seen you in Daru Strong video today!! For some reason, now I feel like Ive finally found the perfect pair of coaches!!! 🎉🎉
Always crazy when the youtube algorithm recommends you something that you needed, this made a huge difference even after one stretch. Gonna be doing it 2x a day to help out my right lat, cheers Conor
Wow, that's huge! I thought nothing's gonna save my right shoulder from being practically useless, but this one helped a lot after just 2 series. I've been looking for something to improve my shoulder mobility for pole and pilates and finally this is it. Thank you!
This!! Just saved me today, with a simple and easy movement once again. Man, am I glad I found this channel. Every video has a beneficial movement/exercise for me. Every. Single. One. 🔥
Oh wow, this one shows how much is going on in the left side of my body! Could hardly get a breath in and out on that side only. I'll add it to the first phase on beginner program I purchased last week. Thank you for all that you so generously share here Conor! As a visual learner, your videos and style are perfect for me.
This stretch helped me open up my hips a bit more too, anyone else?
Just wanted to say thank you for your wholeisitc approach in general. I have been quite the athletic sports guy who can do most fancy calisthenic/mobility stuff, is into yoga, running and team activities like volleyball...! But since i can remember doing sports properly (around age 15, now 39) i always had to deal with pain and injuries. This approach of yours (maybe of others too, but you are the one who reached me via youtube) is the only thing that really gets me quite pain free and performing well to my potential. I hope you will contine with your explanations in greater detail and go for other really important topics like joint anatomie/variations - cause no one does that properly.
knowledge bomb! The more I watch, the more I realize I've been doing fitness wrong all these years as the missing pieces fall into place.
Excellent video. This solves both problems of lateral pelvic tilt and right shoulder internal rotation by doing one stretch. Thank you🤝🤝
Absolutely life-changing.
I'm glad I came across your channel because you definitely know what you're talking about. I tried this stretch, and have seen a huge difference in my Lats, the way they feel and look. Great advice, please keep these videos coming!!!!👍
luv u brother. youre basically saving lives with these videos. Thank you!!
Love it!! Some of your stuff is simply amazing! Thanks for what you do!
Yes, yes, yes! Whenever my back, hip, and QL get tight, my shoulder and upper back are so tight!! Thank you so much for addressing this!
Oh my! Thank you so much for sharing this stretch! It felt great and was just what I needed! For years I've struggled with pain in my right side back, rib cage, and clavicle. I think it could all be attributed to this muscle, never knew until now! Thank you!!
Exactly what I needed. Thanks!
I tried this. Thank you … it felt really good and will be easy to incorporate into my regime.
Absolutely outstanding videos
Yes, the answer comes right way. It's amazing how the muscle responds to this stretch right away. The muscle length returns to its neutral state. It feels really godt. Give it a try!
This helped me immensely. Thank you!
You’re genuinely one of the smartest people of all time dude
I have an incomplete SCI at c7 which has resulted in muscle tightness over most of my body. The biggest problem I have, aside from my legs, are my lats. They are tight all of the time, so much so that it affects my breathing negatively.. thank you so much for this video, I will be adding it to my PT routine!
This is the QL stretch I found, and I have tried many different ones. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
Great information. Worked. Even after one stretch both sides there was immediate improvement in range of motion in both sides. Thank you.
Man your videos are top notch. I am close to just flying out to wherever the hell you are for some advice on my current posture/issues.
Since I started to follow Conor, my clients training and my as well have improving everyday! Thank you Conor, you are amazing clever. Iva, Denmark🥰
@conorharris
10 ай бұрын
So glad to be of help to you 😃 thanks for the supportive comment!
What a wonderful guy!
Hi Connor. I've only discovered you channel recently and I am very impressed by your knowledge and all the positive feedback I've been reading from your viewers. I suffer from bad posture and I am very self-conscious about it. I have an "s" shaped spine. My head and my neck mostly tilt naturally to the right. Could you please help me and recommend a specific video, or videos that would benefit me.
Impressive. One round allowed my right hand to drop to the flower without any shoulder lift. Before the exercise, I could have put a yoga block between my hand and the floor and my shoulder was elevated. No issue on the left side from the start.
Excellent. Thank you.
Holy smokes, I felt that one all the way to my hips. Thanks!
Great stretch. Thanks
Wow This is so amazing It releases my body stiffness from top to bottom ❤
I tried this exercise as the accessory for fine tuning the practice and it does work even for my lower back. I believe we have to give our muscles a rest by the strategy of less is more. Thanks.
Thank you very much ❤
I tried this for my stiff right upper back and shoulder and got immediate relief! Thank you! During the initial test, I could not rotate my right arm (while lying on my back on the floor) all the way UP - afterward I could, with no pain.
Very good.Thanks.
Im dealing with SI joint dysfunction, which is causing posss dysfunction and my whole body is basically out of alignment and stressed. One thing im learning is i panic when i dont know whats wrong or how to fix it..and bottle it up inside.this manifests stress physically and tenses my body. Im in pain and my body is already angry from that. Its challenging to have a positive attitude under these conditions. So im trying ti focus on not being perfect and allowing myself to be unhappy bc im in pain. Instead of no stress, im trying to jusr reduce stress, one step at a time. Lower stress. Lower inflammation. Lower pain. Anti inflammatory and antihistamine diet. Control the diet. Dont tax my body with exercises and stress filled stretches. It just makes me tight again later or the next day. Slow, breathy, easy stretches. Like deep tissue massage can feel good but too deep can cause more stress and pain later. Im starting to understand that its not just tendons, ligaments, fascae, and muscle that you have to fix. Its your nervous system, too. You wont get out of physical tension and stress and misalignment and bad posture if your nervous system is all out of whack, too. Too much time is spent on your bad side that you forget abt what you can do on your good side to take pressure off the bad side. That's what im trying to grasp fully to fix my SI joint ligamentopathy and general tendinopathy. Another thing i realized is spending all my time going to a specialist every day for acu, massage, chiro, PT, exam, MRI, whatever, adds more stress anf tightens up my body. Less is more. Too many cooks in the kitchen. I lessened the visits so i can focus more on trying to do something active. I was so busy going all tgese places that i didnt spend time on moving and that makes my body even more stiff. I finally am at the point where i know i have to work on one issue at a time abd that is my SI joint pain. A possible disc bulge issue has to wait. I need to focus on getting out of pain and not si much diagnosis
THIS IS THE ONE 🔥
Thank you for this
now that hit the spot !
Thank you so much!
Thanks, this is what I need for my stiff back.. ...your videos are very care for are body. Anything for stiff hamstring ? Thanks
This is exactly what impinges me!
This helped me immensely. Trying to correct a long-term left AIC right BC problem. Often wondered how to relax the tight muscle on the right side of my back, no other exercise addressed it. Will try to use this to attain symmetry.... Thanks
@AlwaysUp50
10 ай бұрын
Which lat did you stretch for left AIC?
@jerrybowen2869
10 ай бұрын
For some reason the right side of my back was tighter than the left. In addition to left AIC, I had other issues, including a posterior rotated pelvis from a forward leaning stance, on my toes. Also crunched my thoracic falling on ice 25 years ago and hadn't healed properly, plus several other improperly healed injuries. One right side back muscle would often ache when gradually addressing other problems. Have made excellent progress in all areas, I'm happy to report, but it wasn't until I stretched the large back muscle that my pelvis finally stayed in neutral. The pelvis and lower back got sore for a day or two as they apparently repositioned. Have had minor issues with the right hip joint but it's coming around as well. I've probably watched 10-15 of Conor's videos.
Thank you!
Connor, I have your beginner body restoration program and it is excellent. Could you do some videos explaining how PRI techniques apply to more intensive workouts? Or which course or ebook explains how to apply PRI to training Example EMOM or Tabata workout. Or is PRI strictly to get your brain re-trained how your body should move?
Thank you 😊
Thank you. I like to swim and lift weights and I get back pain that I associate with this muscle group.
Magic!!
I ve heard right now for the first time. I ll try out in my office. In my opinion i ve found the psoas.
Huh, gonna have to try this out 🤟
Hi Conor, I have just purchased your Beginner’s Body Restoration and started it 2 days ago. Seen an immense positive restoration and change already. I feel a lot of compression around my Right SI joint when doing the walk stretch with a slight pelvic tilt. I have had right Psoas and SI joint pain for almost 3 years. Any tips would be greatly appreciated and look forward to the other programs of yours once I have finished this one. Thanks
@conorharris
10 ай бұрын
Hi Dan, first of all I am so happy for you to hear that. It makes my day to hear how much I can help others like that. As for your question, I would look into my most recent video on lateral pelvic tilt and follow that. Also the video I’m releasing later this wren should help
This is a good one especially if you arch the back. I noticed hanging on my pullup bar with one arm (using neutral grip) my left side is really tight (guitarist/computer use).
Dear Connor, thank you very much for your content. You've explained a lot about the pri. Can i ask you a question regarding the strechting of this muscle? (I'm even practioning this stretch with strengthening my left hamstring and right glute. i've also put a papertowel in the arche of my right foot). Here's my question....how does this stretch affects my whinging shoulderblade and necktension on my right side? I understand that this shoulderblade is pulled forward and creates those tensions....and that is not oke. I am in a lot of pain. While doing this stretch in your video, i am pulling the shoulderblade round and also forward... The stretching gives a lot of relief in my middle back and ribcase how must i fix this shoulderblade problem in your opinian? (in the netherlands there is no pri therapist). Kind regards, Alies Blokland
I like doing this on an overhead bar and rotating the body while the lat is in stretch
Feels great.
your videos are great, thank you. Also, you look like a young, fresh and clean cut Bam Margera - I'm sure you've probably heard that before.
Thanks 👍
You’re sitting there, making an exaggeration, and that’s sadly how I look. Thank you very much. I’m an athlete recovering from a hip replacement, and my whole core got sent out of whack, but I’ve also shattered. My scapula broke her collarbone and had two surgeries for torn labrum‘s, but the life of an athlete is not always pleasant. I really appreciate the tip. I needed it desperately I will try your remedy, and I’m smiling at you no matter because everybody is different.
I just found your channel and I am curious to know if your exercises are for both men and women or mainly just for men.
Thanks bro
This is a great connective tissue stretch!
Oftentimes, with unilateral right-side muscle tension, the muscles are originally triggered into hypertension because of gall bladder sludge/liver duct sludge (cholestasis). You might want to order a transverse abdominal ultrasound or MRI to help determine if there is any blockage of your bile ducts triggering your muscles into action.
@miltonbates6425
10 ай бұрын
@@me-hk4rl Citation needed. From the studies I've read, liver dysfunction is associated with ipsilateral, right-side pain and muscle tension (trunk, shoulder, neck, and jaw areas)
@justinava1675
10 ай бұрын
Actually its caused by your left pinky toe being out of alignment sirs
Bless you
Are you basically telling I'm screwed no matter what? This is what is happening to me. I get stiff in my planks and this makes the most sense.
Conor, just wonderd if you know anything about prostatitis? Been suffering this for many months but lately im hearing it could be muscle tension of the pelvic floor. Im desperate to solve this. Have tried antibiotics but no good
Would it make the most sense for an oblique orientation to stretch left lat first, right second, assuming both require it (and assuming that neither side gets worse either way)?
I just did this not on a door frame, but, just imagining the posture as I follow at the instruction. My God was I in pain. It ran all the way down my rib cage to my back, as If there was intense Lactic Acid build up. I am truly going to enjoy this when I actually holds on to my door frame. This is fucking good. Thanks for sharing. I am going to get my problem of over 5 years fix now.
Thanks for this, the only thing I can't work out is if the tight side has an internally rotated shoulder, why are we stretching it in such an internally rotated position?
I have two questions to ask you if by chance if you can answer this what would have caused this can a sciatic nerve cause this and why is it only on one side I don't know if that's two questions or not
do you think lats affect elbow pain? I'm convinced something in my back is causing it
Do you have any information on stem cell therapy on worn disc I have L5 that is very thin that was herniated 20 years ago I’ve pretty much tried everything that I learned from Stuart McGill I’m afraid that it is going to break like my cousins did
How does it internally rotate the arm? I'd the insertion is on the posterior side of the humerus? Wouldn't the shorten lat actually rotate the arm upward? I love this video asking bC. I agree with you. However, I am in a debate with a friend 😄.
The mechanics of this seem similar to a folding seated stretch i do, one leg stretched out diagonally and the other folded with the heel in the groin, then the opposite arm grabs the outer side of the outstretched foot with a thumb down grip. Would the seated version of this change it significantly?
how long should I do this for? or how many inhale/exhales?
Thats what I deal with my left back side is tighter I also deal with Scloliosis and my right side is a quarter inch shorter than my left side
I have a challenge for you. I have minimum to no movement in my spine. I had a dbl mastectomy with complete reconstruction. I have two scars from my spine to under my arms, they basically filleted the muscle from my back. Twisted it under my arms and attached it to my ribs in front to make pockets. Anything you can suggest?
the muscle you are describing has been triggered on me. quite debilitating because once triggered any movement with arms or back causes extreme spasm and took me a week for muscle to relax. i hope this helps me as i build my muscles stronger without triggering the spasm again. thank you for the help
@grumpyguss
10 ай бұрын
Exercise any muscle group that seems to cause spasms. It's often because they're overstretched and WEAK. Try doing lightweight, FULL range of motion exercises and emphasize the eccentric portion. Basically you really want to feel that muscle engage and progress to full range of motion then progress to higher weights slowly. This is called "tolerance to load".
@HeweHaarlemmerFilms
10 ай бұрын
@@grumpyguss ok. i will. thank you for you help
4:02 the stretch
I work on both
Is each cycle of one inhale and exhale considered “one rep” followed by 5-8 more ?
WOW During stretching my lats youtube recommended me this video.
@iahelcathartesaura3887
10 ай бұрын
Something similar happened to me when this came up just now. Google reads our minds are at least as seeing us through a camera or listening to words we might speak. When this came up for me, I did definitely needed it! But I realized Google must be seeing me trying to stretch through my front phone selfie camera. Which made me realize the tape I had had over it had fallen off so I put more on immediately!
Great stretch thank you
Can this help with hyper kyphosis?
Hmm, very interesting. The lats are rarely mentioned when it comes to affecting other ares
Can I use this with bulging discs pls?
What kind of t shirt is that doc?
Is there any need to stretch the pec?
On my left side I feel it way more in my lateral glutes than my back!
Can you give an alternative lat stretch for a studio environment where we don’t have anything to wrap our hand around?
@magpiegirl3783
10 ай бұрын
I used a door frame and it worked fine. Great stretch.
Is the body a thought? When I don't reference thought or move the mind even an inch there is no body😮
I keep having shrink splints and knee problems as a runner and keep having to stop running I’ve done stretches and strengthening exercises and nothings working do you have any advice?
@nickfry7839
10 ай бұрын
do use a massage gun? your muscles can become overworked and tighten up and lock up, especially for running. if you are especially musclesy and work yourself hard, you might be like me and need to massage your muscles out with a hammer.
I think I have shoulder impingement. I can’t do this without a lot of pain.