I'm seeing conflicting information about shoulder exercises for swimming. A recent article on SwimSwam (swimswam.com/.../) talks about doing all the Jobe's Shoulder Exercises to help prevent shoulder injury. But then I've seen other info that warns swimmers against over-training the shoulders in their cross training, and avoiding dryland work on the muscles we already work a'plenty (like here: saycoperformance.com/.../)
So what do you think of this, ie focusing the dryland on the lesser-used muscles? Which Jobes exercises would you ditch?
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Not really conflicting. There are shoulder exercises that should be avoided, like dips. But exercises that strengthen the rotator cuff should be performed on a regular basis. I do many of the Jobe's exercises several times per week using Thera Bands. Resistance should be light as these are relatively small muscles. It is helpful to have a physical therapist demonstrate proper technique.
Not really conflicting. There are shoulder exercises that should be avoided, like dips. But exercises that strengthen the rotator cuff should be performed on a regular basis. I do many of the Jobe's exercises several times per week using Thera Bands. Resistance should be light as these are relatively small muscles. It is helpful to have a physical therapist demonstrate proper technique.
