Is there a form of OH pressing that is generally a bit better for someone with somewhat of a rounded shoulder posture?
[quote]cskolnick wrote:
Is there a form of OH pressing that is generally a bit better for someone with somewhat of a rounded shoulder posture?[/quote]
what does the rounded shoulder posture have to do with anything? elaborate man!
does it hurt, you don’t feel it in your delts? what?
[quote]That One Guy wrote:
cskolnick wrote:
Is there a form of OH pressing that is generally a bit better for someone with somewhat of a rounded shoulder posture?
what does the rounded shoulder posture have to do with anything? elaborate man!
does it hurt, you don’t feel it in your delts? what?[/quote]
Well, having the rounded shoulders seems indicative to overly strong internal rotators and inability to extend the thoracic, both apply to me. This leads for less space for the shoulder joint to move freely and it is often aggravated by overhead pressing movments (since raising the arms overhead further lessens this subacrominal sp? space if there are postural flaws).
In an attempt to combat this i never did any overhead pressing work but realized later on that alot of what i was doing -pull ups and push ups with my arms WAY to far from my torso- excaperated the issue. I read a CW article where he mentions that he asks new clients what exercises they have been doing; then he doess the opposite in an attempt to bring balance back. This makes sense to me and since i (literally) never have done OH pressing i would like to make it a main lift in my training (while stretchnng out the internal rotators between sets).
Since i fit the “type” for someone who may want to approach OH work cautiosly, i was wondering if there are certan versions that are thought to easier on the shoulder joint while still being effective for hypertrophy of the deltoids and upper pec.