You're Using Oblique Sitting Wrong

You're Using Oblique Sitting Wrong

From Reconsider... with Bill Hartman by Bill Hartman

May 19, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 89

About this episode

Bill and Chris discuss the diagnostic nature of oblique sitting and its implications for movement assessment.

Oblique sitting gets used constantly as a developmental step or a regression from standing. What most practitioners miss is that it is actually diagnostic. It shows you whether everything you built on the ground transferred to a position where gravity starts working against you. In this episode Bill and Chris break down low oblique and high oblique as propulsion representations, what each demands, what compensations reveal about the system, and how archetype changes both the presentation and the strategy. This episode explains exactly what you are seeing and what to do about it. What we cover: What low oblique and high oblique actually represent as propulsion phases Why the position is diagnostic: what it reveals that ground positions conceal How to audit each position using ground contacts and breathing The rolling sequence that connects hook lying through oblique to upright Archetype-specific behavior: wide ISA versus narrow ISA in each position Why chasing IR without tracking ER will mislead your assessment every time How moving too quickly to upright loaded activities reverses your progress Leave a comment: have you ever had a client look clean on the ground and completely…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Hartman

Guest: Chris

Topics covered

  • oblique sitting
  • diagnostic positions
  • propulsion phases
  • ground contacts
  • archetype behavior

Keywords

  • oblique sitting
  • diagnostic
  • propulsion
  • ground positions
  • archetype
  • IR
  • ER
  • assessment

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