Shoulder Work

Shoulder Stability and Injury Prevention

     Shoulder injuries are bad. They are real BAD. They can sometimes be debilitating. We want to combat and help prevent these injuries. We do a lot of volume and you literally move tons of weight everyday through the Glenohumeral Joint. Warm your shoulders up and protect them. 

     Here are three protocols that are great for Prehab and for Rehab. 

• Blackburn Exercises (Page 3 and 4) 
• Jobe's shoulder strengthening exercises 
•  Y-T-W & L 

     A lot of these are for overhead throwing athletes, but they can apply to what we are doing, especially as a prehab routine

     This video below is basically a combo of all three of those programs, with a Ben Bergeron flavor. Some of the movements are a little too aggressive for me, but in general I like it. Pick and choose movements from these that work for you. 

     Work something/anything into your warm up that activates the shoulder and that strengthens your Rotator Cuff,  Shoulder Girdle and Scapular Stabilizers. Definitely do some version of any of these before you press or before you do any overhead work. With this much volume, your shoulders (your body) WILL get sad if you aren't proactive at preventing injury. Protect your shoulders.