Arm Training for Athletes – 3 Mistakes

Here are 3 common mistakes when selecting arm training for athletes:

1. Treating arm training as a throw-away exercise. Athletes like to look as good as they play, but their arm training cannot just be about big biceps and triceps. Arm training influences the neck, shoulder, rib cage, thoracic spine, and breathing. Pick the wrong arm training exercise for your athletes, and you may very well be the cause of a movement problem, shoulder pain, neck pain, or reduced performance on the field or the court.
2. Not paying attention to the orientation of the body You may be training the right muscles, but if you put the body in the wrong position, you may be compromising shoulder and neck range of motion. On the flip side, if you position the body correctly, you may be able to restore full range of motion where it was limiting performance.
3. Not appreciating the orientation of the upper arm, the forearm, and the wrist when selecting arm training for athletes. Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylalgia, medial elbow pain, medial elbow tendonitis), Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylalgia, lateral elbow pain, lateral elbow tendonitis), and many other elbow pains can be associated with the relationship between the upper arm (humerus) and forearm. Your biceps exercise or triceps exercise may complicate or reduce an existing elbow problem. You wouldn’t compromise on your leg training. Why would you compromise arm training?

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