Shoulder Position with HS, ABH, etc.

Is it appropriate to internally rotate the shoulder in movements such as ABH and supine shoulder flexion?  I find that this makes the movements more difficult (seems to pull on things that need stretching).

Just replicate the exercise you see in the demo videos. In ABH the athlete's thumbs are pointing up towards the ceiling, thus his shoulders are externally rotated. In the Supine shoulder flexion the athlete is holding onto a stick and thus his shoulders must be somewhat more internally rotated.

Thanks for the insight.  Thumbs pointed up was something I had missed and seems to make the movement more comfortable.  Well, more like I'm doing it right, anyway.

Regarding the shoulder flexion (and in general), my question was more about whether we should consciously attempt to int/ext rotate as much as possible, beyond the obvious anatomical effects of grasping a dowel or pointing the thumbs up. 

I have some questions regarding shoulder position on HBP and RC. With the presses, should there be protraction or a neutral position, and with the pulls, should there shoulder retraction or neutral?

Don't over think things Burtchell, just copy the form in the videos.

On the incline and regular push-ups the scaps should naturally retract and protract (neither needs to be exaggerated and you do not need to go all the way to full protraction at the top of the movement/don't make it a "push-up plus"). On the Psuedo Planche Push-ups you do need to really protract hard during the movement.

On the RC stuff again just copy the demos. The scaps should naturally protract and retract on the first two elements, while they should not be allowed to fully protract on the second two (but must fully retract) and should remain neutral or somewhat retracted on the 5th element (that one is the hardest to see though from the angle of the video).

If you simply try to copy the form, video yourself doing so, compare your video to the demo video, and then make adjustments until your form looks like the demo video you should be able to figure out where your body needs to be to do it right.

Hope this helps.

Keegan Y said:

Don't over think things Burtchell, just copy the form in the videos.

On the incline and regular push-ups the scaps should naturally retract and protract (neither needs to be exaggerated and you do not need to go all the way to full protraction at the top of the movement/don't make it a "push-up plus"). On the Psuedo Planche Push-ups you do need to really protract hard during the movement.

On the RC stuff again just copy the demos. The scaps should naturally protract and retract on the first two elements, while they should not be allowed to fully protract on the second two (but must fully retract) and should remain neutral or somewhat retracted on the 5th element (that one is the hardest to see though from the angle of the video).

If you simply try to copy the form, video yourself doing so, compare your video to the demo video, and then make adjustments until your form looks like the demo video you should be able to figure out where your body needs to be to do it right.

Hope this helps.

It does thank you. The main reason I asked was because in some of the videos, the angles are hard to see.