Thursday, August 9, 2012

Shoulder work


Shoulder-Complex Stability


1- Warm Up (incld every time I work out)

2- Hard Work (each group once a week)

a) lats and upper back
  1. bent over lat pulls (use cable and horizontal handle bar)
  2. wide grip lat pull downs
  3. push ups (#%*!*) many variations, but nothing wide or asymmetric
  4. on this day I also usually do squats, leg press, and grip work and farmers walk

b) shoulder
  1. millitary press
  2. push press
  3. partial shoulder press- overload (different machine, different handles. Life till upper arms are parallel with ground. Valsalva 3-5 reps per breath)
  4. on this day I also usually do leg press (concentrate on inner thigh) and good mornings and tire flips


c) chest
  1. bench press partial press (bar in lower “safety slot” of bench press rack, shoulders directly under bar, valsalva and press straight up into rack hold until need to exhale.)
  2. bench press with arch
  3. seated rows
  4. reverse flys
  5. on this day I also usually do cleans/pulls//snatches, medicine ball throws and chops, and dead lifts


3- Stretch (incld every time I work out) plus yoga 2-3 times / week.



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