Over Head Pressing And Shoulder Health
I’m pretty sure that several strength coaches, personal trainers and physical therapists are going to disagree with me on this… but, I don’t care.
While many believe that Over Head Pressing is inappropriate for athletes to perform due to some “cause of injury” hypothesis that they learned from their university professor…
I contend that Overhead Pressing is not only appropriate but NECESSARY.
You see, humans are designed to perform certain movements. If you have a hard time performing these “Primal Patters”, it is my belief that you shouldn’t cease to do them… you need to discover why you have pain or dysfunction and then “fix it”.
In this video I show you how a common muscular imbalance of the upper back, lats and shoulders that hinder your ability to over head press AND I give you some suggestions on how you can correct them.
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Straight arm Pulldown – Back exercise
Main Muscle Worked:Lats
Other Muscles Worked: traps,biceps
Equipment:Lat Pulldown machine
Mechanics Type:Isolation
Tips: Stand in front of a lat pulldown bar with your arms outstretched towards the bar. Place your palms flat on the bar and pull it down to shoulder level. Keeping your elbows slightly bent and your wrists locked, pull the bar down towards your body in an arcing motion. Once you contracted the lats fully and the bar has touched or come close to your thighs, slowly allow the bar to come back up to the starting position. Keep your torso erect!
Taken from bodybuilding.com
Categories: Back Exercises, Bodybuilding Exercises, Strongman Exercise Database Tags: lats, machine, upperback
Lat Pulldown – Back Exercise
Main Muscle Worked: Lats
Other Muscles Worked: Traps, Biceps
Equipment: Lat pulldown Machine
Mechanics Type:Isolation
I have never been a big fan of machine training. I do feel they have their purpose in a training program but for the most part I did not like the feel most of them provided.
This is one of those machines I loved the first time I used it. I liked the feel of this so much I bought one. The biangular movement allows the handles to move in two directions allowing you to target whatever part of the back you want.
As with all lat machines, keep your chest high and back arched. Focus on pulling your elbows down. Do not focus on your hands. By focusing on the elbows and you will feel a huge difference.
Taken from Elitefts.com
Categories: Back Exercises, Bodybuilding Exercises, Strongman Exercise Database Tags: back, lats, machine
