If you read a post i made a couple of months ago you will know i cannot do heavy presses/handstands due to a shoulder injury
instead i have replaced them with high volume shoulder rasies ( Rear, front and lateral) normaly around 4setsx15-20 reps. This allows me to work them pain free
However im not sure on hand position e.g. palms facing the floor, thumbs pointing up or palms to the sky? also shoulder i be packing my shoulders during these as it doesnt feel natural when i do? Any info will help as i dont not want to impinge or gain another injury to my shoulders, Many thanks!!
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Unsure on proper form for shoulder rasies?
Started by crossfic, March 21, 2013 · 2 Replies · 2,215 Views
You do realize that this is not a weight lifting forum, right?
Do what doesn't hurt.
is this a permanent replacement or a temporary one as rehab to fix your shoulders so you can get back to doing what you like with them? such as handstands etc.
this is a weight lifting forum in a sense, we just lift our own weight more so than external weight. Also a lot of people here including yourself, from what I have read, lift weights along side or even just as prehab/rehab and have discussed such things many times on this website so i think your comment was a little uncalled for josh.
I would love to help out with your question crossfic but I am no expert. like josh said just do what doesnt hurt and what feels natural.
keep it controlled and if you like you can do 2 or 3 different positions for some variety im sure it couldnt hurt.
I'd personally try and imitate gst moves with the shoulder raises. for example front raises palms up arms straight ( kinda of like a straight arm planche press to handstand) lateral (like an inverted iron cross obviously you are not going heavy with these movements though) and rear (like a manna palms facing down). Again these are just my very uneducated opinions on the matter. hopefully someone else might like the chime in.