Written on January 5, 2017 at 8:13 pm, by Eric Cressey
The "full can" exercise is a popular shoulder prehabilitation/rehabilitation exercise of which I'm not super fond for a number of reasons. That said, if folks are going to utilize it, I think it's important that they understand exactly how to perform the exercise and where they should feel it. Check out today's video to learn more:
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Great content Eric. I appreciate your biomechanical delineation and particularly of how the lats as always, can over-dominate the scapular patterns. Just curious, have you put anything out
about what you can do while performing lat-dominant lifs (albeit it would be difficult doing pull-ups) to emphasize control over the scapular ranges and positions performing those intense and heavily loaded pull-ups. My thinking is if your putting tone into the lat-system, then do your due diligence, and properly mitigate that tone, and do your proper stretching and myofascial release stuff. What do you think?
Hi Eric i wondered what your opinion is on training rotator cuffs to avoid shoulder injury. Do you use them at your gym and if so when would you say was the best time to do these.
January 6th, 2017 at 6:33 am
Great content Eric. I appreciate your biomechanical delineation and particularly of how the lats as always, can over-dominate the scapular patterns. Just curious, have you put anything out
about what you can do while performing lat-dominant lifs (albeit it would be difficult doing pull-ups) to emphasize control over the scapular ranges and positions performing those intense and heavily loaded pull-ups. My thinking is if your putting tone into the lat-system, then do your due diligence, and properly mitigate that tone, and do your proper stretching and myofascial release stuff. What do you think?
January 7th, 2017 at 12:20 am
As usual, your explanation of mechanics is flawless. Thanks for showing this usually dangerous exercise with vast improvements.
January 9th, 2017 at 1:35 pm
Hi Eric i wondered what your opinion is on training rotator cuffs to avoid shoulder injury. Do you use them at your gym and if so when would you say was the best time to do these.
January 10th, 2017 at 8:09 pm
Jean,
Thanks for the kind words. I don’t think you need to modify performance of lat dominant lifts; you just need to balance them out.
January 10th, 2017 at 8:11 pm
We definitely do, James. You can find a lot of examples on my YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/ecressey