LAI wrote:
Also, shouldersâŠ.man, I never got how much room for movement there was until I looked at this photoThere is a lot more possible than what is shown in those photos!
I thought I had long humeruses or something, making it literally impossible for me to get my neck down close to my elbows. But when I really thought about it, it was because I got narrow by pulling my shoulders in and down. That sort of posture requires a lot of drop (or reach or both) to make the torso level. When I tried higher pads (like 10cm higher) and tried to "get low and narrow" in that position, it all clicked. Shoulders forward rather than down, head and neck low, hands at chin level (actually less reach than before). ~6% CdA drop, which is huge. And if I raise my neck and pull my shoulders down, I can "sit up and beg" too without changing my contact points.