Category: Shoulders

Overhead Press for Core Shoulder and Rotator Cuff

AgelessBarbell’s Nancy Flynn and TheWareHouseGym’s Dr Zach McVey bring together the shoulder prehab / rehab series with a primary exercise that will integrate all the movements that we have worked over the past months with a fundamental lift that will develop the shoulders and stimulate the rotator cuff.  This is a variation of the Overhead […]

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The Incline Cuban Rotation for Rotator Cuff

How to perform the Incline Cuban as a shoulder Prehab/Rehab movement. Benefit: Shoulder stabilization and prevention of shoulder joint injury. This move stresses the infraspinatus (one of the rotator cuff muscles) which is responsible for external/lateral rotation of the humerus. Note that this variation does not include the actual “press”. The focus is purely on […]

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Inch Worm

Maximize your Warm up with the Inch Worm! |Benefit | This is a three in 1 exercise that works stability and mobility of the shoulder; activates the core; works hamstring flexibility and mobility.    It can be done as part of a dynamic warmup or at the end of a workout to work your shoulder stabilization.  […]

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Scapular Retraction / Rotator Cuff Internal and External Rotation

Rotator Cuffs injuries are quite common. Let’s continue our shoulder series with some exercises for scapular retraction as well as internal/external rotation of the rotator cuff. Join Coach Zach McVey and me for a demonstration of the exercises along with pointers on proper technique. Exercises include: Incline T’s Incline Y’s Floor W’s Floor Y, W, […]

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