An Alexander Technique Approach To Weightlifting (working Out) - Ethan Kind

This is a 13,364 word article that uses the Alexander Technique principles of good posture and great technique to assist the weightlifter. It is the intention of this article to help the weightlifter create a personal technique and posture in working out that allows you to find the most mechanically advantageous way to lift. This article is filled with concepts that will help you explore what you’ve been doing technically and posturally in weightlifting, and to assist you in finding a way to lift, so that working out is easier and kinder to the body. The majority of this article is VERY specific in describing how to do the most common lifts in the weight room, with free weight and on machines. The sections of this article are: What the Alexander Technique Offers Weightlifters; Posture in Weightlifting; Guided Whole Body Release before You Lift; When You’re Not Doing Something, Don’t Continue to Do It; The following lifts in detail – Squats, Leg Press, Leg Extensions, Leg Curls, Adductor Machine, Abductor Machine, Calves, Abdominals (crunches), Bench Press, Shoulder Press Machine, Upright Rows, Lat Pull Machine, Biceps Curl, and Triceps.
Ethan Kind is a former concert guitarist who used the Alexander Technique to heal carpal tunnel pain in his left wrist and never had physical problems on the guitar again. He has also been an athlete all of his life. Please contact Mr. Kind if you have any questions about this article, suggestions that would make this article clearer and more expansive, or suggestions for other articles that you would like to see him write about. Mr. Kind can be reached at www.ethankind.com and ethankind@hushmail.com.
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