I just made a quick video that would be beneficial for some people with shoulder issues, especially pitchers and other throwers with rotational irritation.
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Quick post today about explosive bodyweight drills to perform after your warm up and before your heavy lifting. The word warm up is broad, and differs for many. It could be some smr, stretching, and activation, among some other options. Then you gotta do some heavy lifting! But before that, I recommend some occasional jumping to get the systems firing at high speed. Here are a few options...
The following video shows 5 basic movements that we perform before some of our upper body intensive training days. Here we are using a relatively light slamball, it has very little rebound, or bounce. You can find it at several online stores with an easy google search. Maybe I will sell them soon. But anyway, These movements can also be performed with a tire, a sandbag or even other implements. It's not about the tool, it's how you use it, and more importantly, how you use your body and your time. I can not overemphasize the importance of a quality warm up and preparation before intense training. If you don't have time to warm up, you don't have time to train. These points can be taken lots of different ways, I'll let you make your own conclusions. After some general warm up and mobilization drills, I perform some ballistic medicine ball throws, give them a shot if you have the opportunity. Here goes...
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