This video is part of my soon to be released video e-book on Shoulder Health For BJJ. Its basically the exercises from my e-book in video format. This exercise is a progression of the basic rotator cuff strengthening exercise where the arm is at your side.
This variation is especially important to build healthy shoulders for grapplers and pretty much everyone.
Kimuras, Americanas, and Omoplatas are a few of the submissions that will attack the shoulders in this position of the arm and could compromise and injure the shoulder joint as well as the rotator cuff musculature.
These exercises are a way to help protect the shoulders, build essential strength to promote optimal shoulder function, and also prevent injury.
Doing these exercises does not mean that you should not tap from a submission or get your shoulder cranked, its always a smart idea to tap in order to prevent injury and continue training. But if your shoulder gets compromised and you are late to tap or the submission comes on quicker than expected, then these exercises can help reduce the risk of injury.
This is just one peice of the puzzle to have healthy shoulders, and is a great addition to an already solid healthy shoulder program.
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can i do it with a low dumbel plate too ?
That would work for the external rotation movement but not so much for the internal rotation.
Hi- this is a great channel idea! looking forward to more videos from you. I have just started BJJ a couple of months ago, and find myself with painful joints (elbows, hips, knees), especially after more intense sparring. I tend to be prone to injuries (I have a replaced ACL in one knee and a partial tear in the other) and will be super interested in future videos with preventative / strengthening exercises and routines, especially those that can be incorporated into regular strength training. I have a few go-tos from previous PT sessions, but having a BJJ specific routine for the major joints would we awesome. Thanks for the content.
Thanks so much for checking out the content! Anything in particular that you are having issues with? As far as general strengthening, I like to focus on the posterior chain such as outer hips and glutes strengthening. This is a video I think may help. https://youtu.be/7i5CeyukcoM
https://www.amazon.com/Treat-Your-Own-Rotator-Cuff/dp/1598582062