[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]Tyrant wrote:
OP is trolling, there is no way this is a real question.[/quote]
Has to be. What man has never pushed a car a few in there life? If it’s not up a hill, why the hell do you need some type of technique? Just push the damn thing. I was 150 lbs when I got my license. I’ve pushed my car plenty of times and never needed any technique.
I pushed my car out of the garage last week to fix the radiator. No big deal.[/quote]
Actually, I think this is a little like teaching someone to deadlift by saying “Just load the bar up heavy and pick it up off the floor.” or sprinting by saying “Just run really fucking fast.” I work in manual labor (tree maintenance) and I have really good success teaching guys how to do everyday tasks from a standpoint of sound athletic technique/kinetics. Very few people will default to the ideal way to perform even the simplest tasks, I mean just use DL as an example. The most basic movement pattern imaginable, but usually fucking ugly without a little coaching. I don’t just mean things like lifting or climbing rope here either. Things like using a rake, swinging an ax and running a chainsaw all have a technique for optimum performance. I know it sounds stupid and over-analytical but it definitely makes a huge difference in terms of safety, productivity and pain/fatigue.
[quote]Tyrant wrote:
OP is trolling, there is no way this is a real question.[/quote]
This exactly what I thought. Unless you’re a terminal cancer patient I can’t imagine how pushing a car for 15 ft or something could possibly be an issue worth considering for a grown man, and no matter how his skill sucks!
Is it this breed of dudes who make up the bulk of our police forces? I really hope OP was trolling!
[quote]batman730 wrote:
. I know it sounds stupid and over-analytical but it definitely makes a huge difference in terms of safety, productivity and pain/fatigue. [/quote]
Not stupid, but definitely over analytical. It really is as simple as pushing the damn car. If it were a truck and you trying to push it up hill, then sure, some technique would be called for.
As far as your deadlift example:
If an adult male was going to deadlift 95 lbs once in his entire life for a test, I’d probably just tell him to pick the bar up.
OK, at risk of sounding like a dumbass (reading like a dumbass?) I’d like to ask if anyone who posted here has experience pushing a Prowler vs a car, how they’d compare.
I’ve been reading the article ‘joint freindly training’ by Tumminello, and with my knee issues, I like the haevy sled pulls idea, but also like the idea of pushing a sled or prowler,
I have this old rim/tire I can push/pull, and I can toss old standard weight plates in it, but I was thinking the car might be more like a Prowler, which is supposed to be superior to a sled.
This all assumes, of course, my bad shoulder lets me do much pushing of heavy objects. I’m thinking the low position of a tire push is sort of close to the Ovehead press, where pushing a car/Prowler is maybe closer to an incline press, which is supposed to be easier on a bum shoulder.
Maybe partialy engage the parking brake to increase resistace if necessary.
[quote]batman730 wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]Tyrant wrote:
OP is trolling, there is no way this is a real question.[/quote]
Has to be. What man has never pushed a car a few in there life? If it’s not up a hill, why the hell do you need some type of technique? Just push the damn thing. I was 150 lbs when I got my license. I’ve pushed my car plenty of times and never needed any technique.
I pushed my car out of the garage last week to fix the radiator. No big deal.[/quote]
Actually, I think this is a little like teaching someone to deadlift by saying “Just load the bar up heavy and pick it up off the floor.” or sprinting by saying “Just run really fucking fast.” I work in manual labor (tree maintenance) and I have really good success teaching guys how to do everyday tasks from a standpoint of sound athletic technique/kinetics. Very few people will default to the ideal way to perform even the simplest tasks, I mean just use DL as an example. The most basic movement pattern imaginable, but usually fucking ugly without a little coaching. I don’t just mean things like lifting or climbing rope here either. Things like using a rake, swinging an ax and running a chainsaw all have a technique for optimum performance. I know it sounds stupid and over-analytical but it definitely makes a huge difference in terms of safety, productivity and pain/fatigue. [/quote]
I wish I’d had a supervisor like you the first time I was asked to bust out cement forms with a sledge, there is most deffinately e technique for using a sledge well
Is there a time limit? Have you tried pushing a car since you started this thread? It’s really not as hard as you may be picturing. First time I tried it solely for conditioning last winter with my friends mini-van, I recall being able to actually “jog” while pushing it once I built up enough speed.
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]batman730 wrote:
. I know it sounds stupid and over-analytical but it definitely makes a huge difference in terms of safety, productivity and pain/fatigue. [/quote]
Not stupid, but definitely over analytical. It really is as simple as pushing the damn car. If it were a truck and you trying to push it up hill, then sure, some technique would be called for.
As far as your deadlift example:
If an adult male was going to deadlift 95 lbs once in his entire life for a test, I’d probably just tell him to pick the bar up.[/quote]
Point taken. However the OP said it was a timed event and presumably competitive, so the faster the better. If it were simply pass or fail for completion, yeah whatever just push the damn thing, no big deal. If you’re going for a best time however it may make a difference how you go about it. Then again, it really is just 15 feet and it sounds like the OP nailed it so whatever…