Shoulder Exercise – Overhead Medicine Ball Pass
April 3, 2012
Overhead Medicine Ball Pass
Shoulder exercises can get boring. Every time you push or pull a weight, you’re performing a shoulder exercise. Booooring !!! So sometimes, I like to try something different … add some functionality to my shoulder workout. Here’s a shoulder exercise I began doing recently. It’s a plyometric shoulder exercise and works your shoulders both concentrically and eccentrically.
Shoulder Exercise – Overhead Medicine Ball Pass
It’s very simple:
- hold a medicine ball in one hand
- laterally raise the arm holding the ball and toss the ball overhead
- reach above your head with your empty hand and catch the ball
- when you’ve stopped the balls momentum, repeat by throwing the ball back overhead
- 10 reps with each arm will make your shoulders tired.
Here are a few things to consider when doing this shoulder exercise:
- start with a light medicine ball (I used a 12lb ball in the video and it’s a good shoulder workout)
- it may make your biceps sore – I think it’s a result of catching the ball with your biceps in an extended position
- it’s a great exercise for hand – eye coordination
Give the Overhead Medicine Ball Pass a try and let me know what you think. If you have any questions, leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer it.
Great New Website for Fitness Information
Please take a minute to check out MovementLectures.com – it’s a great new fitness / nutrition / motivation / rehab website and features lectures from some of the most respected names in the fitness industry. ( Disclosure – I am not affiliated with them in any way.)
However, I am affiliated with our Facebook page and would love to have you visit … and it’s full of shoulder information.
One final question – Did you check out the Rotater? Visit our video page to see how the Rotater can help your shoulder feel and perform better.
The One Arm Shoulder Press
November 12, 2011
I read a lot. I think reading is important … especially when you have a web-based business like ours. There are a wide variety of topics that interest me ..
- business
- marketing
- technology
- shoulder rehab and performance
- fitness
- kettlebells
- weightlifting
On any given day, I’m scouring the internet in search of information. Yesterday, my search led to an article by Dan John, titled “The One Arm Press”. Dan is something of a renaissance man … having a wide variety of information on a number of topics from religion to physical performance. To make a long story shorter, Dan’s article inspired me to post a video on YouTube showing a way to do the one arm press that allows you to easily and quickly add or remove weight so you can do both ascending or descending sets without spending lots of money. Here’s the video….
Be sure to stop by Dan’s blog and read his article on the one arm press to see why he thinks it’s such a great full-body exercise. Give my version of the one arm press a try and let me know what you think.
Overhead Lifting for Animals
June 1, 2011
Lifting any kind of weight over your head requires full-body engagement….everything from your legs, to your core…and of course your shoulders.
If you’re like most people who train, doing the same old shoulder lifts (military presses and seated dumbbell presses) can get so boring!!! Why not add a little variety to your workout routine? Lift some crazy stuff. Want some ideas? Here’s a great video from UnderGround Strength Coach, Zach Even-Esh. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
Do you have any stuff laying around that you could add to your program?
- a keg … leftover from your college days
- an anvil
- build a sandbag or heavy medicine ball
- how about a slosh pipe
You can check out more of Zach’s videos on Youtube. Leave me a comment…let me know what kind of crazy stuff you lift over your head.
Plyometric Shoulder External Rotation Exercise
March 3, 2011
Develop, Strengthen and Protect Your Rotator Cuff
You know the drill..develop and protect your rotator cuff muscles. So you:
- do your band exercises to strengthen your internal and external rotator cuff muscles
- sometimes substitute dumbbells for variety
- do the wall stretch
- do the towel stretch
- stretch with the Rotater
Is there something more you could be doing? Something that might add a little variety…something plyometric? Thanks to Kyle Boddy at Driveline Baseball for this plyometric shoulder exercise. Simple and easy to do!
Thanks Kyle!
Swimming Without Shoulder Pain
December 16, 2010
Andy Cassell contacted us because his Rotater broke…yeah, every once in a while, a Rotater will break. Andy wanted to purchase another Rotater to replace the one that had broken. We told Andy that his money was no good because we guarantee the Rotater forever and promptly sent him another one!
Shoulder mobility for swimmers
When we asked him why he was so adamant about getting another Rotater, he sent us this email.
Andy’s Testimonial
“I discovered the Rotater after experiencing shoulder pain, due to poor stroke technique while lap swimming at a local public pool. The Rotater immediately helped me stretch and strenghten my shoulders in a safe and controlled manner. Following the instructions provided with the product, I began to notice increased strength and mobility and confidence too. Within months, I went from pain, to no pain. I continued to use the product daily and gained additional strength and flexibility in the shoulder area. Recently, I swam in an ocean mile competitive swim - my first ever! The bad news is that after several months of continued use, the tubing broke, and then the Rotater broke into two pieces. To my surprise, Joint Mechanix shipped another one, without any cost to me. They explained that a more rigid and durable Rotater was in the works. Thanks to Joint Mechanix, I swim with no shoulder pain.”
Andy Cassell, age 47, swimmer
Boynton Beach, FL
p.s. **This endorsement is provided without any expectation of renumeration from Joint Mechanix, past, present, or future.
