External Rotation on Knee
In today's edition of "Exercise of the Week," we're going to cover a
simple, yet effective, rotator cuff exercise.
The external
rotation on knee not only helps develop strength in the shoulder external
rotators, but can also help you discern the difference between actual
shoulder rotation and scapular motion.
Finally, training
in the scapular plane just feels good to many who have a previous history
of shoulder issues.
To begin, here's the exercise:
Some key points with regards to execution:
Use a slow, controlled tempo throughout. It doesn't always have
to be as slow as the video, but this isn't an exercise where you want to
use a lot of momentum and stretch-shortening reflex.
Many will have a
tendency to substitue scapular anterior tilt for shoulder internal
rotation. To counteract this, place your non-working hand on your
shoulder/scapula. When you are lowering the weight...
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Under Construction
Below is a Q&A response that I wanted to post up. Hopefully it
will help those of you out who are hoping to open your own gym/fitness
facility someday!
Hi Mike,
I really
enjoy reading your level headed and erudite advice on your newsletter,
Fitcast, Mens Health, etc.
I am an aspiring
entrepreneur, not unlike yourself, and looking into starting up a gym in
the XYZ area. I am emailing you to see if you have any advice to get me
started in the right direction, specifically:
1) What
resources did you utilize when doing market research for your gym?
2)
What mistakes did you make in the planning process that would be easily
avoidable?
3) Any resources I need to be looking at regarding
starting a gym?
I really appreciate any time you
could...
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Apolo Ohno
If you want to see some amazing hip and thigh development, you need not
look any further than the athletes participating in this years c Winter
Olympic games.
Whether it's speed skating, ice hockey, or even
bobsled, these guys and gals have the hip and thigh development that would
make a lot of your average gym-goers jealous.
How do they do
it?
While I've only worked with a handful of elite
athletes from the above-mentioned sports, I can tell you there are a few
common threads:
Hard work.
Regardless of their sport, discpline, or the exercises they
choose, they all worked their asses off. If you don't do this, don't
bother reading any further.
Big,
compound lifts.
Whether it's squats,
deadlifts, RDL's, or any variations of the sort, virtually all of these
athletes...
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Rock the vote
This week, we're going to do something a little bit different.
This week, YOU ALL are going to choose next Monday's blog topic!
Last week, I ran a contest on my Facebook/Twitter pages (which you
can find on the right-hand side of this post. The contest was
simple: What would you like to read about on my blog?
All
you have to do is this: Pick out your favorite section from the list below,
copy and paste it into the "Comments" section at the bottom of the page,
and we're all set!
The winner of our contest will receive a
free copy of Assess and Correct. In the case of a tie, I'll choose
the topic I feel will make for the best content.
The only rule
I have is that you can only vote once. And please, don't create five
different e-mails just so...
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