Therapy—Westside Style

Cool stuff. I can't really get myself to stretch consistently. I really like this kind of movement that promotes strength and flexibility.

btw, nice t-shirt on Dave Castro. It's so twisted that I love it... I don't know if it implies a sense of humor. I'm thinking more my first response, that it's just twisted... :)

I can vouch for the reverse hyper. It is a fantastic machine for both rehab and strengthening. It works your posterior chain like nothing else. As an FYI, I have also severely injured my lower back twice and can pull well over 700 lbs. A strong posterior chain is the key to just about everything in strength and athletics in my opinion and this device is a must have to that end.

Again Louies stuff is great. We've been following it for some time.

In the video below we show how to get the same benefits with a GHD. It's apart of our GHD Complex and plays a major part in our rugby programming.

http://www.vimeo.com/9992088

Daz
CrossFit Newcastle

What song is playing? I can't find it.

Finally, the GHD is a multi-tasker! Good stuff.

Definitely going to pick one of these up for my box. Thanks again to Louie for the great info. Keep the videos coming.

Doing reverse hypers cured my back problems.

That's brilliant. He bridged the gap between two conventional ranges of motion, squats and deadlifts. All over CrossFit-land this morning, people are bellying onto picnic tables or kitchen counters to try this out.

Darren: Nice, to the point video. I think you just saved me a couple grand and 25 square feet. Let me know where to send the check :) -Cheers

I used to powerlift in the land before Crossfit at a strength gym that followed the Westside method. In the years since I've joined the Marines and have been without a reverse hyper, I've watched my lower back get significantly more beat up. I'm happy to say that my brand-spanking new Rogue reverse hyper arrived Friday and is now serving the Marines of The Basic School at our Combat Conditioning Facility here. Couldn't be happier to see Louie's stuff catching on with the mainstream.

I actually had the standard model in my home gym a few years back but got rid of it.

I didn't use it as often for my athletes.

If i do snag something again it would be the Belt Squat - with so many athletes here and in season workouts I still wanna have them squatting without the low back stress.

Louie is the man, period!

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I've had one for 2 years right now, it's been a miracle worker. Looked all over when I bought it for a good instructional vid, great to see this one and realized I could get more out of it.

Great Vid! Louis is the definitely the man! Notice the big guy (don't know his name) when he squats at 4:47 in the video...his nose actually starts bleeding! BRUTAL! Hats off.

Ya, I noticed that hemorrhage? Pretty hardcore, but not something I'll be aspiring too.

I love Louie vids the guy is a genious, keep em coming!

seems like you dont quite get the ROM with the GHD sub. I would be interested to see the set up on the power rack that Louie mentions in the video. I suppose you could do this on any surface high enough so your legs dangle?