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Old Jan 17, 2014 | 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by windowontheAside
I was struck by how awkward GC looked as he wheeled his bag across the airport. He had his shoulder rotated the wrong way so that the palm of his hand was facing forwards which made me think that he either doesn't fly much, or he doesn't carry his own bags.


Have I been doing it wrong all this time?

With palm forwards I can use my (slightly) more powerful bicep to pull my bag along sharply if there is an abrupt change in the friction encountered by the luggage wheels. I prefer to have the bag pulled alongside me rather than trailing behind, so it cannot run into the bag of my legs should I need to stop suddenly, and this is easier with palm forwards.

I don't think the rotation extends too far up into the shoulder, but not suffering from any debilitating chronic skeletal-musculature weakness I never really thought about it before.
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