I've always considered the overhead barbell press a standard shoulder exercise. However recent events have made me reconsider the many opportunities for injury on almost every exercise I have been doing.
I stopped doing most overhead pressing after hearing from old-time lifters, sports physicians, and many relatively young guys with shoulder injuries who had probably been doing it slightly wrong for a long time.
Now look what this guy, Mark Rippetoe, a popular strength trainer, said in the following video regarding shoulder impingement from doing overhead presses:
He then proceeds to demonstrate the internal movement of the joint, using a model scapula.
Now that quote set my alarm bells off. Anyone who is bold enough to go against the word of hundreds of doctors, trainers, and (former) lifters in such over the top terms warrants a raise of the brow, I think. It's typical of the "go against the grain" attitude to me, and I've seen it all too often with conspiracy theorists and everyday cynics to just let it slide.
On the other hand I've heard that any time you raise your arm high with extra weight you are putting pressure on the joint; doesn't matter how you try to ease the contact, hence the advice to avoid it entirely and do push-pull exercises instead.
Are there any fitness experts in the house?
I stopped doing most overhead pressing after hearing from old-time lifters, sports physicians, and many relatively young guys with shoulder injuries who had probably been doing it slightly wrong for a long time.
Now look what this guy, Mark Rippetoe, a popular strength trainer, said in the following video regarding shoulder impingement from doing overhead presses:
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The problem is it's physically and anatomically impossible. It's another example of the conventional wisdom being 180 degrees opposite of what actually is the case. |
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Now that quote set my alarm bells off. Anyone who is bold enough to go against the word of hundreds of doctors, trainers, and (former) lifters in such over the top terms warrants a raise of the brow, I think. It's typical of the "go against the grain" attitude to me, and I've seen it all too often with conspiracy theorists and everyday cynics to just let it slide.
On the other hand I've heard that any time you raise your arm high with extra weight you are putting pressure on the joint; doesn't matter how you try to ease the contact, hence the advice to avoid it entirely and do push-pull exercises instead.
Are there any fitness experts in the house?
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