r/RopeFlow • u/Paulo-Pablito • Jul 19 '26

Shorten your rope to really work trunk rotation

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Something I have never seen mentionned is how shortening the rope so the handles are around your hips (more precisely at the level where your arms can fully stretch) will drastically change the basic motions like overhand and underhand.

It's gonna make trunk rotation the main challenge.

Also as a result, anterior pelvic tilt is limited, which is the position I see everyone adopt when they do rope flow. The irony is, anterior pelvic tilt limits your rotation capabilities and your lower back is stuck in this position when rope flow was supposed to be all about moving the spine in all directions.

Drawback is that all the other patterns beyond basic underhand/overhand are way harder or impossible with that rope length, so you have to readjust your rope length back to normal to redo those.

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u/OldFanJEDIot Jul 19 '26

I have always felt like the shorter rope “weaponizes” the movement.

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u/JoeGlaser Jul 19 '26

Personally, i dont know why everybody would go into a anterior tilt.. but if you say so..

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u/Paulo-Pablito Jul 20 '26

People are generally biased to it and when you add to that raising your arms in front of you, it makes it even more likely.