Remedial Shoulder Extension

Hello,

I have very poor shoulder extension and tight biceps.  Any suggestions for exercises that might help?  The exercises at the beginning of the thoracic stretch series put a lot of stress on my elbow.  I'm supposing I could try similar stretches but place my hands out more widely and/or turn my hands to the side (instead of back).  But that's just a guess.  I also do shoulder dislocates with both grips.  Thanks.

Jared

Hi Jared,

The Foundation series Front Lever and Handstand 1 mobility elements have a number of drills for this  

Hello Jared,

The Manna elements, especially later in Foundation, focus quite strongly on shoulder extension.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

Hi Jared,
A while ago, Daniel Chan of BodyTree GST shared a very nice and very scaleable shoulder extension drill on stall bars via his instagram account (see below) which has helped me a ton.

I have seen some good improvements with shoulder extension since I incorporated it, my ROM has improved (measured by my grip width and perceived discomfort in HS/PE2>iM) and my shoulder feels a ton better and more resilient - there is much more leeway between getting in some work and overworking/irritating my shoulder for the gazillionth time. I do that drill in every warm up (along with table rocks) as well as after some workouts, depending on how I and my shoulder feel.

Please keep us updated on your progress Jared.

I'll give this a shot, thanks.  In general do I want to be retracting/depressing the shoulders when stretching shoulder extension?

Yes