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Weighted Shoulder Stretch for Overhead Position

October 10, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Doug Larson shows one of my favorite shoulder stretches.

I like to do this one after extended periods of sitting. Great to improve your posture, but of course also useful for your overhead position.

Variation: After Pressing sessions I like to bring the intensity of this stretch up to 11 by using a medicine ball (gives a greater ROM) instead of a foam roller and holding a 5kg in each hand (roughly 3x 30-45s).

Check out Mobility 101 for more stretching ideas.

Also check out the Zygmunt Smalcerz equivalent of this stretch.

Update: Here is Apti Aukhadov doing basically the same thing with one of his seminar attendees.

Filed Under: foam roller, mobility, shoulder, stretching, videos, weightlifting

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Comments

  1. Patrick says

    October 11, 2013 at 14:03

    I wonder if this alone would be effective enough to gain mobility necessary for the squat jerk.

    • Gregor says

      October 11, 2013 at 14:12

      Doubt it.

      You need weight pushing down on you. Best mobility exercises are the exercises themselves.

      • Patrick says

        October 11, 2013 at 14:24

        Well, obviously you would have to practice the squat jerk itself for a long time to gain real mobility in that position. But for lifters like me who barely have enough mobility to do a decent power jerk, this seems like a good exercise to gain the initial mobility to just squat jerk an empty barbell.

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