Shoulder pain destroying your workouts? My client & I fixe…

🏴#1: Ditch Big Lifts

If an upper body lift causes pain,

Regress to a supported version (Eg. Machine or cable) that’s less painful …

Or remove it temporarily.

PS

This means LOWER BODY exercises too.

Why?

Because they can put stress on your rotator cuff due to position or weight.

Here’s a full list 👇

🏴#2: Use Targeted Exercise

The goal:

Use TARGETED exercise,

That restores function to the problem area.

See next tweet for 6 examples…

PS

Start with these parameters:

- 8 reps
- 2-3 sets
- Use cuffs
- Use Cables
- 3s up, 3s down
- A pause either side

Ps. The cuffs & cables below are not optional, they’re ESSENTIAL 👇

🏴#3: Use Cuffs & Cables

If you do these exercises /w/ dumbbells:

You will NOT get the results.

The cuffs shorten lever length, remove the elbow & reduce pain.

An example of what cables do 👇

PS

If you don’t do these exercises correctly, you not NOT improve your shoulder pain.

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🏴#5: Do Less (More Often)

When you have shoulder pain,

Volume is a problem:

-Lots of exercises
-Upper lower workout splits
-Lots of reps &/or sets

The solution: Do less, more often 👇

Ps.

Let’s say you do 12 sets per week.

You’d have 2 options:

#1
3 Full body sessions
x 4 sets per workout

#2
2 Upper/lower sessions
x 6 sets per workout

If you want to reduce your shoulder pain and irritation, choose option 1.

🏴#6: Stop Stretching

Stretching improves flexibility and reduces pain…

But it doesn’t:

- Help fix injury
- Improve mobility
- Fix long-term pain

Do these mobility drills instead…

🏴#7: Mobility Drills

To improve mobility, muscles MUST contract.

And improved mobility:

-Reduces pain
-Improves function
-Boosts performance

You can do this example routine as a 1) pre-workout warm up or 2) daily drill 👇

🏴#8: Pre-workout MAFAs

MAFA = “Multi-axial Force Application”

These movements:

- Improve stability
- Boost performance
- Remove joint clicking

Use them before a workout or as an exercise in your program…

PS

This could be a thread of it’s own.

(yawn)

So for now:

Here’s 1 example you can use to reduce pain & clicking on your bench 👇

🏴#9: Pre-workout CSI

CSI = “Contraction sensitive Isometric”

These movements focus on prepping the “opposite muscles” of an exercise.

Important:

Because these muscles will either add stability or limit your strength…

PS

Here’s another bench example:

Because the bench ALWAYS seems to be a shoulder pain problem.

- Hold for 5 seconds
- Rest for 5 seconds
- Repeat 2 of each

Here’s what it looks like (do these before your 1st working set) 👇

🏴#10: Move Slow

If your shoulder clicks:

It’s because muscles are struggling to work at certain parts of the range.

Slow down the movement to reduce clicking and allow muscles to ‘catch up’…

PS

Start with:

-3 seconds up
-3 seconds down
-Pause either side

And then:

- 2 seconds up
- 2 seconds down
- Pause either side

And remember: the quicker you move, the more difficult it is to control.

That’s a Wrap!

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Shoulder pain destroying your workouts?

My client & I fixed 14 months of shoulder pain in 6 weeks.

9 tips to help you train 100% pain-free in 6 weeks or less (read to avoid frustration & muscle loss): pic.twitter.com/BH5opzU3H8
— Ollie Emberson (@OllieEmberson) February 28, 2023

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