Rik de Kort Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Well, posting a form check would be optimal, but I have nothing that needs checking right now (as you can see from my log). Therefore, I would like to hear your ideas on the following "Tea cup" movement: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Trane Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I had a period when I used it. Good for shoulder mobility/prehab. I used it in my warmup every time I trained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuri marmerstein Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'll use it on occasion when my shoulders are feeling stiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik de Kort Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 I had a period when I used it. Good for shoulder mobility/prehab. I used it in my warmup every time I trained.Why'd you stop using it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Trane Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I didn't realy stop using them. I still do them once or twice a week. At the time that I was using them alot I had an issue with my right rotator cuff. I also like changing exercises. At the moment I'm using Kits stuff alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Naterman Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 All I can say, since this is the first time I've seen this since watching old Kung Fu movies in high school, is that my bad shoulder (the right) is much less capable in this movement than my left, which I can almost do this perfectly with. I will be using this for a while in warm ups, and will see what happens! Thanks! Edit: This is primarily for developing and maintaining flexibility of the external rotators, which I have had a huge deficit in for several years (first really measured it in athletic training lab about 1.5 years ago) in the right shoulder vs the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexX Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I came up with something similar on my own but had that broken down into different movements, I was surprised that no one really did mobility work for the external rotators. I don't know how much it contributed to relieving my shoulder pain but it sure makes my shoulder feel less stiff. His move feels a bit different/harder than what I came up with up, I'll replace it with what I have and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairbob Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Interesting, looks like tai chi. I'l try to remember to try it before I go eat lunch *soon*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karri Kytömaa Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Try doing it with tray full of beer and it's an excellent strength exercise too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairbob Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 What an idea! I played with yesterday and today. Not terribly difficult and I used up to a 2kg weight plate. Will need to try a cup of fluid but my palm is pretty darn horizontal. Weird thing is I can feel my wrists subluxate on the way down. You can feel the tension in the wrists and elbow. Bare in mind I had a pretty gnarly double wrist sprain from a missed clean with 70kg back in late August. Still dealing with it's repercussions. Just able now to barely hold a bridge because of the wrist flexion with load. People at work thought I was doing some sort of dancing because they were dancing to bad 90's music. Really, Step By Step. Gag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Naterman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Totally should have done that one at karaoke tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Dano Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Rik you've started an new dance craze! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Dano Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I'm surprised you don't know that on e Blair, I was always told all the martial artists did them. It's a real classic and excellent movement. I'll use a wood yoga block, which is a bit slippery. The other thing is you would do this exercise going both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I had a period when I used it. Good for shoulder mobility/prehab. I used it in my warmup every time I trained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuri marmerstein Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 you can also do both arms at the same time, forwards or backwards. I feel it a bit more this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik de Kort Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Rik you've started an new dance craze!Finally, a dream fulfilled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Heiden Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 you can also do both arms at the same time, forwards or backwards. I feel it a bit more this way That guy Steve Cotter goes over this variation in "excercises 3 and 4" - here are all 4 variations for reference (just 1 hand fwd, 1 hand backward, 2 hands fwd, 2 hands backward): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Kallio Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Wow - that was just the movement I needed today! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Slocum Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 That looks excellent. I'll have to add it to my repertoire. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Naterman Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 This stuff is totally awesome for warming up, cooling down, and general limbering of the shoulders. Plus, it looks really cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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