You will hear a lot about midline stabilization when learning many of the CrossFit movements. It’s especially important in the overhead lifts. In the photo above, Jose puts on an impressive display of midline stabilization at the finish of a 200# overhead squat!
For more info on using your stabilizer muscles, check out Coach Kelly Starrett’s excellent series in the CrossFit Journal. What? You don’t have a subscription to the Journal? Sign up today – you could not find a better value of a year’s worth of information this beneficial anywhere else!
WOD – 1.18.09
Hang power clean 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
[...] Al mentioned a few months back, there is also a great series in the CrossFit Journal concerning midline stabilization which [...]