Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Overhead rotators


this is the start and finish position of the overhead rotator ( which I do without the horn). I use either a db or a band.

4 comments:

Geoff Neupert said...

Rif,

do you use PNF diagonal patterns progressing from isolated to integrated?

Mark Reifkind said...

geoff first sentence should be:

'geoff I used to do that more than now.'

Geoff Neupert said...

"When I back off all the isolated stuff for my shoulders I seem to have more problems."

Interesting. Any theories on why that is?

Mark Reifkind said...

I think its primarily because i essentially have no stability in the right shoulder. the capsule was shredded when I did the dislocation as wellas the posterior ligaments. just way to hypermobile. levator and teres just get overworked badly trying to compensate for lack of basic stability.

when I keep the rear delts and overheads( isolated) in, as well as the snatch holds and waiters walks and snatches(integrated) it works better I think. I havent been doing them and my shoulder was just tightening up again regularly. as soon as I put them back in it relaxed.

proof enough for me!

190 x 1 x 12,210 static hold, 225 static hold, bodyweight squats 3 x 15

 What a freaking great day! This is without a doubt the best group of heavy reps I have ever done! Every set was just about perfect. Plus I ...