I hope you made your @neurocoffee because I have 3 great Q & A’s for today. From Eduard: How do you distinguish between the genetically determined structure of being an narrow vs. wide and a body that starts for example as a wide and does tons of compressive hardcore weight and in result ends up […]
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Q & A for The 16% – How the Thorax Influences the Shoulder – How Your Neck Influences Breathing
https://infastonline.com/ Grab some @neurocoffee and sit back for today’s Q & A. From Zhang: Could you clarify the terminology describing the different regions of the posterior ribcage? Is the posterior ribcage divided into 3 areas, please correct me if I was wrong, as below: – Posterior lower thorax – Dorsal rostral area – Upper dorsal rostral […]
Q & A for The 16% – Improving Your Overhead Press with a Landmine press
Question: I have been thinking about your video on shoulder flexion and your comments about how it is common for individuals to use internal rotation to finish shoulder flexion. To improve shoulder flexion without this compensation what are your thoughts on: – the Viking/landmine press? – would you opt for a single arm Viking press […]
Q & A for The 16% – Rotator Cuff and Scapular Muscle Activity – Yielding and Overcoming Represented
Question: I was just reading through “The role of shoulder muscles is task-specific” by Boettcher et. al (2010, Journal of science and medicine in sport) which found that in 90 degrees of shoulder abduction: – trapezius and serratus EMG activation increased with isometric external rotation – trapezius and serratus activation dropped to nearly zero with […]
Why Does Your Shoulder Hurt When You Bench Press?
You want a big chest and a big bench press to go with it. Placing progressive demands on a muscle is a requirement for strength (aka force production) and hypertrophy (muscle growth). The consequences are bigger chest muscles and more weight on the bar. This can be a good thing. BUT there can be undesirable […]