Contraindicated Rotational "Warm-ups"

The exercises depicted are common warm-ups that I would consider contraindicated. The lumbar spine is a series of joints with limited range of motion. These joints should be trained for stability and attempts to increase mobility at the spine are short sighted. For a more detailed explanation check out Is Rotation Training Hurting Your Performance at www.strengthcoach.com . You can learn more about concepts like these from A Joint by Joint Approach to Warm-up and Training from www.performbetter.com .

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[22jaycock]

I have read your articles on this and understand the premise. However I am not certain that a few controlled reps of rotational motion as demonstrated put these exercise on the contraindicated list. Maybe there is a intermediate category versus doing away with them all together.