I am currently doing daily PT for an inflamed tendon and I have a series of exercises using shock (surgical tubing, bungie, stretch....) cords to strengthen the shoulder. The shoulder does feel stronger and the therapist is happy with the results.
I have had to expand the drills to both shoulders for balance and strenghtening. I like the cords because they travel well and sometimes the travel schedule prevents me from getting into the pool.
I am looking to expand the series of exercises to strenghten other muscle groups and was wondering what drills if any others might be using.
I see the value in doing reps that mimic swims and am currently completing the fly pull to the recovery point and doing a similar drill for *** both for the pull out and for the actual sweep. It looks like stroke counts for 100s would be a good way to determine reps, one can push a few reps past the piano.
Any others out there using these things for their dryland training? Thoughts?
Thanks Don
Former Member
Hi
I use the split pulley (see www.exrx.net/.../OtherMachines.html
The split pulley is where you can work each hand/arm concurrently or alternating. I do it with both straight arms and bent elbows mimicking the EVF motion. The pulley I use has an anchor that can be moved from almost seven+ feet off the ground down to almost ground level. I keep changing that point throughout my sets.
It's similar to www.exrx.net/.../CBPushPull.html
but the movement is like a swimming one. If you can get to a machine like that, you'll do it easily, varying the weight.
Former Member
I recently purchased the following and have been pretty happy with them and the list of exercises they provided for cords:
www.nzmfg.com/.../StrechDry1.html
The strongest ones are really difficult at the end of your pull if you are mimicing fly or free arms.
Patrick
