I have really poor flexiblity when it comes to bringing my arm back parallel with my body and with an elbow angle of around 90-120 (well at any angle really, but that’s what I need to sprint).
Could someone please tell me what it is that could be tight? My coach thought it was my upper pec, but I got a sports massage on those and it hasn’t done a great deal. If there are upper body exercises that make it worse (DB Rows p’haps?) it’d be good to know those so I can stop doing them.
After upper body weights I do behind the head tricep stretch, arm across the body stretch (lats?), the doorway one for chest and a mike boyle one for thoracic spine (was an issue in a physio assessment last year). Then once a week I do myofascial stretches for lats, delts and traps and foam roller my whole back.
Fezz, if we were working together, i’d be looking at your whole movement, including your thoracic spine and your feet and a few other places to see what may be causing some ROM restrictions - it’s not likely about stretching. and it may not be about your shoulders or your t-spine. we’d talk a little about technique, too cuz your left arm is all outa whack with your rhythm, crossing you. If you want to work on this, pm me where you are in england, and we’ll get you sorted out. It’s not about tightness, like that’s the primary thing; it’s more about what’s bringing on the tightness?
and guaranteed you’ll be able to burn the foam roller.
