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Max Tapper: Hi guys, this is Max Tapper for Howcast. And what I'm going to show you guys
how to do today is some shoulder stabilization exercises in a prone position. So prone shoulder
stabilization series. Now there's going to be five different components of this, and
they're all going to be different poses. One is going to be called the I pose. The second
one is called the Y pose. Third one is going to be called the T pose. Fourth the W pose.
Fifth the O pose. OK? Now as they go down I'll show you how they work.
This prone shoulder stabilization series is going to be targeted at strengthening your
rotator cuff muscles. These are the same muscles pitchers blow out from throwing. That people
just injure doing bench and boxing, whatever the case is, these are one of the exercises
that are very, very good at strengthening your shoulders. So let me show you how these
work, OK?
The next one we're going to go into is called the O position, which is the last in the series.
The O position is going to be a little different because we're going to actually spin our hands
around and take them around our back. Let me show you how that works. From here we're
going to spin our hands, keeping those shoulder blades tight, and contract our shoulder blades
back. Squeeze. Release. Good. And again. Squeeze. Same thing, ten seconds. And release. And
release. So, I know you guys see me sweating, right?
This looks easy but honestly, it's very, very difficult. It's something that takes a lot
of time and a lot of concentration. It's not per se just very difficult itself, it just
requires that your calm, that you're putting a lot of thought into it. And you're actually
focusing on these muscles that are working back here. So all these rhomboid muscles,
all these rotator cuff muscles inside your shoulder will get a lot stronger from doing
these exercises, and be a lot better at stabilizing yourself.