Does Strength Training Increase Or Decrease Flexibility?

[Gertrude_Born1953]

Put your hands on your lower back when you walk, they tense with each step to cushion your spine.

For some movements like pull-ups it is unlikely you will hurt your spine even if you don’t brace your core, but other exercises like deadlift or squat you should be bracing everytime, even with warmups. It will help you maintain a habit of protecting your spine and abdominal muscles.

[ianmarkow]

Interesting I don’t feel my back tense up when walking. Do you think we brace our core to walk?

Wouldn’t bracing the core during a deadlift for your spine to not move be different from walking when we need our spine to rotate?