Very common but DEADLY weakness…
Getting stronger often means more than just progressively adding weight to a barbell.
When common muscular imbalances, such as a length-tension discrepancy between the Scapular Adductors (muscles that hold your shoulders back and chest up) and Pec Minor (muscles that round your shoulders forward), are present and unaddressed you or your athletes are at increased risk for:
1. Low back, shoulder and neck pain.
2. Injury to weak and “exposed” ligaments and tendons.
3. Never reaching your full strength and athletic potential.
I am not nearly as anal as I once was about corrective exercise and “proper” form BUT I still believe that practicing “Corrective Dead lifts” to train thoracic extension (chest up posture) is SUPER important prior to adding slabs of iron to a young / weak athletes barbell.
This video shows how I cue athletes to “draw” the shoulder blades together in order to strengthen their back for dead lifts.
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It is great to see corrective exercises! No one hardly ever shows them and they are so needed! Stick’Em Ups and “Y”s against a wall are also good for scapular mobility. Keep the vids coming these are very good!
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your right on point … again with your info. and also depending on the weight used holding the scapulas together will also force your posture to be better and force the hamstrings be more involved, also depending on your grip position. keep up the fantastic work!
Keep risin to the top!
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