Is this a good exercise for swimmers? I tried it recently and was surprised how weak I was on my non-dominant (right) side, which is also the side I've had some nagging shoulder soreness up until recently.
I have been ignoring my deltoids in my weight training routine up until about a month ago, to go easy on my shoulders. Recently I started doing some exercises that target the deltoids and my shoulder soreness has diminished a lot, so I plan to keep it up and maybe try more exercises.
our team just brought in a physical therapist that talked about shoulder injuries.
one of the excerises she suggested was front raises, but open your arms to 60 deg and rotate your hand so that your thumb is pointing down.
she also suggested just using bands or very very light weight.
Thumb down entry on backstroke?! It should be thumbs up coming out of the water then rotating with the pinky going in the water first as you throw your arm and shoulder back.
We used to do these front raises when I swam 20 years ago, never with heavy weight though. I prefer to do stretch cords (surgical tubing) for shoulder raises now when swimming. I have impingment issues in my right shoulder now from all the lifting I've done in the last 15 "non swimming" years. I've had cordizone shots in it, an MRI and probably should get it scoped per the doctor......but I prefer to soldier on rather than going under the knife and hoping its better, we'll see over time.
BTW, I never had shoulder problems in my 17 years of swimming from age 7-23. It was only AFTER swimming when I started doing other sports (softball, Rugby, lifting) that I started to develop a bad wheel.
Pinky is up so thumb is down. You are on a different plain but essentially you are raising your arm at some point with your thumb down.
Pinky is up so thumb is down. You are on a different plain but essentially you are raising your arm at some point with your thumb down.
Except that by the time impingement could occur in that motion, your torso should rotate to that side increasing the angle between the arm and the chest to more than 90 degrees, reducing the impingement.
Except that by the time impingement could occur in that motion, your torso should rotate to that side increasing the angle between the arm and the chest to more than 90 degrees, reducing the impingement.
ugh! What I am saying is I did 2lbs lifts mimicing backstroke to strengthen the appropriate muscles ... it worked ... perhaps I am not describing it right ... backstroke should not cause impingment - totally agree. Forget I was talking ...
I do backstroke arms with weights currently 3lbs and rotate so that I am not impinging ...
ugh! What I am saying is I did 2lbs lifts mimicing backstroke to strengthen the appropriate muscles ... it worked ... perhaps I am not describing it right ... backstroke should not cause impingment - totally agree. Forget I was talking ...
I do backstroke arms with weights currently 3lbs and rotate so that I am not impinging ...
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The dumbbell front raise I was referring to is done with the hands horizontal, not internally rotated.
www.exrx.net/.../DBFrontRaise.html
That one of the ones I do in the gym. Also to the side.
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After my knee operation I went to the gym instructor for advise. Sorry to say her advice was way off the wall as far as I was cocerned.
So I went to the hospital physio therapist and after 3 days of her help I could not walk.
I then followed my own plan of not doing anything that would cause pain and everything is fine. I think many of these so called experts really do not know what they are talking about.
George, you are so old-school!
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I do these as well - but I like them better using a cable. The resistance is more even all the way through the excercise. I think you need a full balance of arm and shoulder exercises - can't just focus on the swim muscles.
Dude in the video looks like he is using bad technique. Rocking back and forth, using the lower back?
That is because the frame rate is slow. The form is fine.
