Shoulder Prehab
Rest between sets: As Needed
Intensity: Light
workout_number sort_number Demo Exercise Reps/Sets How to/Cues
adgj 1 Rotate your hands for the thumbs to point towards the ceiling as your bring your arms to the W. Make sure you have a 90 degrees angle in your shoulders and that your elbows are in line with the shoulders. Pull your hands and elbows up towards the ceiling and not back.Keep your chest on the floor the entire time and rotate your hands for the thumbs to point towards the ceiling.Keep your legs engaged but on the floor. Point your feet and make your ankles touch.
adgj 2 On the way back stop with your elbows in line with your shoulders and a 90 degree angle in your elbows. Lift your forearms towards the ceiling and squeeze on top for a moment.Keep your chest on the floor the entire time and rotate your hands for the thumbs to point towards the ceiling.Keep your legs engaged but on the floor. Point your feet and make your ankles touch.
adgj 3 Then externally rotate your arms, squeeze your shoulder blades together in the back, look up towards the ceiling and engage the whole back lifting the upper body of the floor.Keep your feet about shoulder width apart on the floor the entire time.Move slowly! The longer this takes the more control and strength you will develop!
adgj 4 Lift your elbows up as you were trying to make them touch behind your head. Bring them back down slowly. Do not slam them into the floor.Keep your legs engaged but on the floor. Point your feet and make your ankles touch.Move slowly! The longer this takes the more control and strength you will develop!
adgj 5 Keep your chest on the floor and lift your head sligthly.Keep your legs engaged but on the floor. Point your feet and make your ankles touch.
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beh 7 Allow your shoulder to move and elbow to flare naturally as your bend your arm.Engage your core to stabilize your position.Exhale as you extend the arm. Inhale on the way back.
beh 8 Engage your core to stabilize your position. Minimize arching of the lower back.Lock your elbow and look at your hand.This is a core activation drill and not a back stretch. Do not bend too far towards the back!
beh 9 Stop lowering the arm with your elbow next to your shoulder and 90 degrees bent.Engage your core to stabilize your position.Exhale as you extend the arm. Inhale on the way back.
beh 10 Separate your movements. First pull your hand back and up aligning your elbow with the shoulders, then rotate the arm and finally press the hand overhead. Follow this same path on the way back down.Imagine you had a solid stick going through your shoulders and the working arm all the way to your elbow. Rotate the arm on this axis.Stand far enough from your attachment point so you can apply constant backwards pressure on the elastic as you extend your arm overhead.
beh 11 Keep your shoulders low and pull your arms back as if you were trying to touch your elbows behind your back.Rotate your hands so the thumbs are guiding the movement and the elastic is leaving your firsts on the pinky side.Exhale as you pull your arms back.
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cfi 13 Externally rotate your hands as you move your arms towards the front. As your hands reach the front the thumbs point towards the ceiling. Reverse this as you bring the hands back down.Keep your feet about shoulder width apart on the floor the entire time.Move slowly! The longer this takes the more control and strength you will develop!
cfi 14 Engage your core and create 1 straight line from your feet all the way through your neck.Look up as you reach towards the ceiling. Both of your arms should end up in 1 straight line.Move slow and stay in control at all times!
cfi 15 Engage your core and create 1 straight line from your feet all the way through your neck.Lift one arm at the time out diagonally in a 45 degree angle. Your thumb needs to point towards the ceiling.Keep your shoulders and hips immobile.
cfi 16 Pull your hands and feet far away from your center to get as long as possible.Keep your core engaged to stabilize your position and isolate the movement into your arms and legs only.Go as fast as possible.
cfi 17 Relax your hands back on the floor between each rep.Keep your chest on the floor the entire time and rotate your hands for the thumbs to point towards the ceiling.Keep your legs engaged but on the floor. Point your feet and make your ankles touch.
Rest between sets: As Needed
Intensity: Light