+Alan Thrall (Untamed Strength) they liked the video because it kicked all kinds of ass! Looking forward to coming down to your gym in 2016 and doing some weightlifting dude.
Love to see you getting exposure! I've been referring to your "Your back is wack" video for a long time whenever I feel pain start creeping up on me. Thanks for the content Alan!
+Gmoney Mozart I'm a follower since his first video which I found on reddit, he's by far the best fitness youtuber not only because he';s super authentic !
i'm a sports medicine physician and ~20% of my practice is shoulder pain, your video represents much of what i tell my patients in clinic and treatment strategies to improve their pain, good job
Clicked Like halfway through. This is probably the most practical shoulder health video I've ever seen. Laughed at the "Purchase, find or steal.." Need to keep an eye on my bands lol Thanks Omar and Alan!
+sam jesus i fucking hate how elliott leaves the question and starts talking about isis and what not. nigga has a mouth. he's ready to talk about anything.
I cannot describe my happiness at this. I've played guitar since I was 8 and have recently done a stint of paid work (dream come true) which resulted in days where id spend 8 - 10 hours straight infront of a computer with a guitar in my lap and the pain and stress it has caused me is undescribable. it just kept spreading through my arm up my neck and down my back but I could never tell where it was origionating from. After quitting smoking I started training at the doctors suggestion that regular exercise would help ease of the pain but as I started getting into it and upped the weights some of the pain came back. you have solved years of pain and confusion with a short video. thankyou!
You have no idea how much I appreciate this video, I have severe winged scapula on my right shoulder and slight impingement on my left, I am able to do the overhead presses and other exercises without any issue but I want to fix my posture. I have visited several physiotherapists and what you described is what happened to me exactly. I will definitely keep this video handy and try to fix my posture. Thank you again
I cannot tell you how long I have been looking for this video without even knowing it. For at least two years now I have thought something was up with my left shoulder. No matter where I searched on the internet, talking to the doctor, and even the chiropractor... No one or anything has been anywhere close to finally describing the issues I was having/experiencing better than Alan in this video. Sitting here watching the video and doing the stretches as hes talking about them, I already know by implementing the YWTL exercises to my workout will be the best thing I could have done for my shoulder and its overall strength/mobility this year, and its only the 5th of Jan. Thanks Alan :)
Best video so far in my opinion. I've been struggling with shoulder pain and posture for years (ever since I started lifting actually). Every time I'd start to make big gains and up my weights my shoulders would say, "fuck it!" and start causing me a lot of pain. I always thought it was rotator cuff, so I'd lower my weight, do a bunch of rotator cuff stretches and exercises, and start all over again. I've been fluctuating between where I started and looking big for the past 4 years. This video has opened my eyes and I can't wait to see the results the next couple of years will bring. Thanks guys!
Thank you so much Alan for sharing your insight! I have dealt with shoulder pain the last year. I even had surgery and was still having pain afterwards. I did your stretches and YTWL for about 2 months and I am 95% pain free in my shoulder. I knew the stretches were on point because they would cause me pain in the exact same spot that I had pain when bench pressing. I slowly stretched more and more and now I can do the stretches to the max without any pain. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
+Eddie Levit I'm not a doctor but I would recommend trying to do the exercise/stretches just to the point where you have pain, not past it. You may just need to start with stretches.
Packed with info, i had to pause and pull out a pen. That is an excellent sign. Thank you Omar for your generosity and openness. That long haired brother is wonderful.
+HIGHER GRND put books under your feet when you poop so that you end up in a squatting position. It allows your poop to effortlessly glide out your cheeks. Try it next time its fucking amazing.
I'm glad this showed up in my recommendations. It's exactly what I needed. I don't have shoulder pain but I was looking to fix my posture and I was looking for information in the wrong places. There are so many things out there we're not aware of and I think improving the recommendations system further (here on TH-cam) and then putting more focus on how we channel information in general would be a great benefit to society. Right now we have all sorts of time-wasting going on when people could be doing productive things (no stigma) and enjoying as much if not more than their bad habits and inefficient cyclical thinking.
Some notes about the video: Lattismus Dorsi could be involved in upper body dysfunction. It is an internal rotator as well. It's usually not the case that all our external rotators are weak. Usually we develop synergistic dominance (posterior delt tends to take over the function of external rotatotion while the other external rotators are inactive). If you want more details google external rotators and internal rotators to get a better idea of the muscles involved. It's rare that just doing what's perscribed in the video is enough.
ive been having shoulder pain for the past couple years and this video pinpointed and gave me a solution all within 2 minutes of me watching. great vid omar!!
I watch one of Omar's videos a while back on should've mobility and now that I improved it I can do behind the neck presses and upright rows without impingement problems
+J Fleming Im having shoulder impingement due to strong development in front delts / pec and weaker lower to mid trapezius and rear delts, not to mention that my supraspinatus tendon started tearing aswell because of this problem, now that i've found the right cause/source of my pain, starting to fix it, no more chest in next few months :D oh well
+J Fleming My doctor says I have frozen shoulders. I think it's the rare brain disease causing damage to my joints but yes. My shoulders are tight and I can't do over head barbell press with the bar behind my head, my elbows simply can't get far enough back to allow it stupid rotator cuffs. I hope these exercises help me. He is right though I did sit around and have bad posture so maybe that is it, idk.
Thank you! I'm a nurse practitioner with a rotator cuff tear from lifting weights. I don't want to quit my workout. I will use these exercises for my patients too as they are better than the ones in the books!
Ty for the info, got 2 questions: 1: i have round shoulders and forward head and anterior pelvic tilt (ze struggle). My usual bench training is 2 plate but i still can pull up more, is there other back exercices that i need to train to fix an imbalance? 2: Instead of using the bends used in the video, is it possible to do the YTWL with cables row with low weights?
Alan,..I cant thank you enough , for 8 years I have problem with my shoulder. and today I learn how to fix it my self because I don't trust all this people who trying to fix me but make it worst. I stop lifting 8 years ago and missed it so much.
You have tight shoulder capsules, just like me. you probably never used your arms behind your back over the last years, that causes it. Sitting on pc etc. You Need to stretch them.
As a massage & postural alignment therapist I very glad you address alignment, posture & form in such an informative way. I also found your squat how-to video impressive. I may even move onto deadlifts for the 1st time in my life!
+ssjg3156 Like +MrYamato97 said, Not fixable. At least its not easy to fix. You've just gotta work through the pain. I find that compression (like a sleeve or cuff) helps and something like myo-breathe helps too. Elbow pain is typically tendonitis and that happens when the tendon becomes inflamed and swollen and starts to push on other parts of your elbow
+ssjg3156 i managed to fix mine, lasted about a year though because i was too impatient to go back to heavy weights. you need to start from the bottom. Doing 14 plus reps with really light weights, and do it slowly. it takes time but its worth it. And dont forget to warm up
+Eric Frullaney No. No. No. Absolutely do NOT try to work through the pain. I'm actually going through what I assume is elbow tendinitis. I used to do weighted dips for a long time and that's what caused it. I have compression sleeves but I bought those a little too late. They do help though. Anyway, the best thing is to just let it rest. It was finally going away for me so I decided to do some body weight dips since i hadn't done any dips at all in about 3 months. I did a 4x12 and now the pain is starting to come back and become more frequent again. It sucks, but it's better to just completely stop. It's not worth it to let your ego get the best of you and keep going. Otherwise you'll end up needing surgery.
you should stop for about a month. then when you start again do those basic shit like triceps extensions with a 2 kilo dumbbell. you need to work on strengthening it again. Start from the bottom and work up. else the moment you try and push heavy it comes back
Ive been struggling with shoulder pain, visited some bs chiropractors, but eventually realized that I depended on deadlifts as my only back exercise, after 8 months pf that my chest was stronger, but back was weak, gonna go thru this video steps in the gym, thnx alan.
I know right I don't know and I've searching for them. The closest i've found is this www.amazon.com/dp/B00CRLGJJQ/ref=twister_B015GBTCS8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I had an unstable shoulder than led to a rotator cuff from working out. After going through school for exercise you see all the things that go wrong with form and not properly stretching.This video was great thanks omar and alan for the informative video.
yea got a a orange one from elite fts, perfect resistance and made of good material but its still not as long as the one he uses and idk if the other ones they sell are longer or thicker so i would jst buy two of these www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/bands/pro-micro-resistance-band.html and jst tie them together, also before i do ytwl i would suggest to also get a laccrose ball and massage all 3 heads of ur shoulder muscles.. i find it helps loosen my shoulder up to do it more easier..
+Vincent Legent Fixing your imbalanced back will probably make it better. I can see from your pic that your left trap is much bigger than the right and that your right lower back is much more developed than the left (probably from protracting your right shoulder to use the mouse and leaning towards it) It is probably screwing up your back too, messing up your technique on the deads and squats and causing unequal loading of your shoulders on presses. Computer is indeed killing your shoulders but regular stretching and unilateral work will fix it. Also, supinated barbell shrugs will do you good thanks to the external rotation it promotes. There ya go buddy
Guys great video! You can't lift shit if you're hurt! More people need to know how to fix themselves. This video is helpful and it has inspired me to grow out a beard.
THANKS!! I was not doing enough stretching and did not know about all these stretches. My shoulder feels great after doing your stretches!! I will do the band exercises in between.
BRILLIANT!! I have no shoulder pain but they do feel stiff. I have always worked the stabilizer muscles with bands between sets "BUT" I was getting lower back pain during military press. This video helped me realize the issue was in my lack of shoulder mobility. The shoulder rotating up was causing my lower back to come out of proper alignment. Since I started these few exorcises for the shoulders the lower back pain stopped and that also increased my overall max weight!!! THANK YOU!!!
Good video. But one thing I disagree with is the misconception of always having the "down and back" cue. People already sit in alot of depression so reinforcing that may not be good for some people. The upper traps should be active in an overhead Press. Don't want to keep the scapula depressed when you go to overhead Press. That's incorrect. You want the scapula to upwardly rotate
What are those bands called? i was looking for them on Ebay, but i haven't found any. If anyone knows what bands hes using, please reply to me, thanks!
Wow 3 years later and this video explains so much about my tension headaches and shoulder pain, thing is I never expierenced any of this 3 years ago when I saw this
same here, my physio told me I have so much to work on (especially shoulders). The reason why you Plateau on bench and squat is your posture (bad shoulders, anterior pelvic tilt etc.) thats why you are stronger on the back.
oh my goodness dude, THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH FOR THIS!!! I had no idea why my left shoulder was always hurting and felt weaker after doing a few sets of dumbbell shoulder press. I thought i was stuck with it for life
I've torn the labrum on both my left and right shoulder and had surgery on both. Overhead movements are pretty out of the question for me, at least for the foreseeable future. Do note that none of my shoulder injuries were caused by training.
Thank you for this video, it is exactly what I need for I suffer from all the shoulder problems presented here. Thank gawd you made this, i'm finally hopeful i can fix my shoulders and improve my lifts. Again, thank you!
I'm glad you guys liked the video! Thanks for sharing and thanks to Omar for reaching out to me!
+Alan Thrall (Untamed Strength) they liked the video because it kicked all kinds of ass! Looking forward to coming down to your gym in 2016 and doing some weightlifting dude.
Love to see you getting exposure! I've been referring to your "Your back is wack" video for a long time whenever I feel pain start creeping up on me. Thanks for the content Alan!
Sacramento represent! great job Alan!
+Alan Thrall (Untamed Strength) NOOOOO please this video is GOLD! thanks Thrall, your explanations are always clear as water.
+Alan Thrall (Untamed Strength) TRAAAAAIIIIN UNTAMED
Stretching the shoulder: 7:05
Strengthening the shoulder: 8:06
Thank you!
4:00 part is very important
Been following Allan for over a year slowly watching his subs climb. He's the man.
+Gmoney Mozart Same here
+Gmoney Mozart I'm a follower since his first video which I found on reddit, he's by far the best fitness youtuber not only because he';s super authentic !
+Gmoney Mozart I second that. Alan is awesome!
WanderleiSilva29 but how? I like pizza...
Gmoney Mozart you cant fix it if you like Pizza... just fart it all out.. then work on it.
First time I have watched a 13+ minute video on workouts without feeling it dragging. The guy knows how to explain and keep you gripped. Kudos Alan !!
i'm a sports medicine physician and ~20% of my practice is shoulder pain, your video represents much of what i tell my patients in clinic and treatment strategies to improve their pain, good job
Alan offers more detailed, helpful and practical lifting advice than anyone else I've seen on TH-cam. Thank you wise sage. Keep up the great work.
Clicked Like halfway through. This is probably the most practical shoulder health video I've ever seen. Laughed at the "Purchase, find or steal.." Need to keep an eye on my bands lol
Thanks Omar and Alan!
This video takes a topic that's discussed often and explains it well, clearly, and better than other videos. Awesome work, Mr. Thrall.
finally an interesting video after ages. Dude's presentation cought my attention, it was simply put and very informative at the same time.
Don't forget to sub to Alan's channel.
+Lukas Sky He puts so much effort into his videos
+Lukas Sky Alan Thrall is like Elliot combine with more explanations.
+Rafael Chung Elliott without side tracking and talking about human existence=Allan thrall
+sam jesus i fucking hate how elliott leaves the question and starts talking about isis and what not. nigga has a mouth. he's ready to talk about anything.
"I know it's hard to see with all this man." Greatest thing I've ever heard.
mane*
@@arthursimsa9005 He 100% said man
@@dragonvarine7553 oh ok. English’s not my native language
legit, Omar and Alan. Some of the most honest youtube channels giving solid advice.
I cannot describe my happiness at this. I've played guitar since I was 8 and have recently done a stint of paid work (dream come true) which resulted in days where id spend 8 - 10 hours straight infront of a computer with a guitar in my lap and the pain and stress it has caused me is undescribable. it just kept spreading through my arm up my neck and down my back but I could never tell where it was origionating from. After quitting smoking I started training at the doctors suggestion that regular exercise would help ease of the pain but as I started getting into it and upped the weights some of the pain came back. you have solved years of pain and confusion with a short video. thankyou!
Alan is the man !
You have no idea how much I appreciate this video, I have severe winged scapula on my right shoulder and slight impingement on my left, I am able to do the overhead presses and other exercises without any issue but I want to fix my posture. I have visited several physiotherapists and what you described is what happened to me exactly. I will definitely keep this video handy and try to fix my posture.
Thank you again
I do these shoulder prehab movements on every session. shoulders have never felt better. thanks Allan, most appreciated
I cannot tell you how long I have been looking for this video without even knowing it. For at least two years now I have thought something was up with my left shoulder. No matter where I searched on the internet, talking to the doctor, and even the chiropractor... No one or anything has been anywhere close to finally describing the issues I was having/experiencing better than Alan in this video. Sitting here watching the video and doing the stretches as hes talking about them, I already know by implementing the YWTL exercises to my workout will be the best thing I could have done for my shoulder and its overall strength/mobility this year, and its only the 5th of Jan. Thanks Alan :)
Alan is awesome. Been following him for a while. Consistently great content from both of you guys!
Best video so far in my opinion. I've been struggling with shoulder pain and posture for years (ever since I started lifting actually). Every time I'd start to make big gains and up my weights my shoulders would say, "fuck it!" and start causing me a lot of pain. I always thought it was rotator cuff, so I'd lower my weight, do a bunch of rotator cuff stretches and exercises, and start all over again. I've been fluctuating between where I started and looking big for the past 4 years. This video has opened my eyes and I can't wait to see the results the next couple of years will bring.
Thanks guys!
TRRRAIN UNTAMMMMED!! Most underrated channel out there... thinking he's about to blow!
Thank you so much Alan for sharing your insight! I have dealt with shoulder pain the last year. I even had surgery and was still having pain afterwards. I did your stretches and YTWL for about 2 months and I am 95% pain free in my shoulder. I knew the stretches were on point because they would cause me pain in the exact same spot that I had pain when bench pressing. I slowly stretched more and more and now I can do the stretches to the max without any pain. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
so if I will feel pain doing his prescribed exercises, I should continue regardless in a slow manner?...seems contradictory to common sense
+Eddie Levit I'm not a doctor but I would recommend trying to do the exercise/stretches just to the point where you have pain, not past it. You may just need to start with stretches.
what stretches would you recommend?
+Eddie Levit don't over do it with pain, do it where it feels comfortable and the pain is manageable.
"What's crackin', guys?"
......My joints :')
Packed with info, i had to pause and pull out a pen. That is an excellent sign. Thank you Omar for your generosity and openness. That long haired brother is wonderful.
how do I improve pooping posture? next video please
The squatty poty.
+HIGHER GRND put books under your feet when you poop so that you end up in a squatting position. It allows your poop to effortlessly glide out your cheeks. Try it next time its fucking amazing.
+PurelyMotivational I might try that. It's weird but hey
Omar and Alan are like two most infromative channels about fitness on youtube.. I really apreciate your work guys..
Alan Thrall has one of the best channels on TH-cam.
I'm glad this showed up in my recommendations. It's exactly what I needed. I don't have shoulder pain but I was looking to fix my posture and I was looking for information in the wrong places. There are so many things out there we're not aware of and I think improving the recommendations system further (here on TH-cam) and then putting more focus on how we channel information in general would be a great benefit to society.
Right now we have all sorts of time-wasting going on when people could be doing productive things (no stigma) and enjoying as much if not more than their bad habits and inefficient cyclical thinking.
Can Alan's next vid please be a beard growing tutorial? I need help with that
+TytaniumFitness dont think he can fix asian beard genetics.
+TytaniumFitness viking genetics brah
😂
Honestly at first I didn't think this guy would have any good info, but after about 1 minute I am blown away! Thanks for this!!
Glad to see you sharing the love
I thank this lion of a man for traveling into the future and helping save my shoulders.
totally amazing video! downloaded in offline will be trying out on my painful front delts
Alan has one of the single best fitness channels on this website. Love watching his videos.
yassss
two of my favorite fitness youtubers collaborate
Some notes about the video:
Lattismus Dorsi could be involved in upper body dysfunction. It is an internal rotator as well.
It's usually not the case that all our external rotators are weak. Usually we develop synergistic dominance (posterior delt tends to take over the function of external rotatotion while the other external rotators are inactive).
If you want more details google external rotators and internal rotators to get a better idea of the muscles involved.
It's rare that just doing what's perscribed in the video is enough.
"I know it's hard to see with all this MAN…"
LOL fuckin' a.
You and Alan are the most real and informative youtubers.
6:17 "I know it's hard to see with all this man."
Best Quote 2015
Alan has one of the best squat tutorial videos of all time....very informative. Definitely a underrated channel.
I learnt squating technique from this guy like 3yrs ago, he is good.
ive been having shoulder pain for the past couple years and this video pinpointed and gave me a solution all within 2 minutes of me watching. great vid omar!!
I broke my back.. It's broken...
Spinal.
Jimmy Smoov Johnson under rated comment 😂😂😂
Tyson?
@@hoybugoy yup
Thpinal
Alan is fantastic, really happy to see him getting some real love. Big up Omar!
Did anybody here find that you had a lot of these problems?
+MiLkZz Corrective stretching & strengthening did the trick?
I watch one of Omar's videos a while back on should've mobility and now that I improved it I can do behind the neck presses and upright rows without impingement problems
+J Fleming Im having shoulder impingement due to strong development in front delts / pec and weaker lower to mid trapezius and rear delts, not to mention that my supraspinatus tendon started tearing aswell because of this problem, now that i've found the right cause/source of my pain, starting to fix it, no more chest in next few months :D oh well
Alright gonna try that out today :) it's back day anyways, thanks for advice.
+J Fleming My doctor says I have frozen shoulders. I think it's the rare brain disease causing damage to my joints but yes. My shoulders are tight and I can't do over head barbell press with the bar behind my head, my elbows simply can't get far enough back to allow it stupid rotator cuffs. I hope these exercises help me. He is right though I did sit around and have bad posture so maybe that is it, idk.
Thank you! I'm a nurse practitioner with a rotator cuff tear from lifting weights. I don't want to quit my workout. I will use these exercises for my patients too as they are better than the ones in the books!
How guys like Mike O tren and Simeon Panda have a bigger following then guys like Alan is mind boggling.
+Anthony .Varone 2 words: uneducated kids
It's quite sad that this is the case.
+Anthony .Varone Friends don't let friends watch Simeon Panda
+Anthony .Varone probably because he looks like a hobo
+Anthony .Varone They look much better.
So excited you have Alan on. Omar and Alan are hands down my favorite channels. TRAIINNNNN UNTAMMMEDD
Ty for the info, got 2 questions:
1: i have round shoulders and forward head and anterior pelvic tilt (ze struggle). My usual bench training is 2 plate but i still can pull up more, is there other back exercices that i need to train to fix an imbalance?
2: Instead of using the bends used in the video, is it possible to do the YTWL with cables row with low weights?
Sup dude have you ever fix that problem did you also experience some neck pain when u were sitting?
Alan,..I cant thank you enough , for 8 years I have problem with my shoulder. and today I learn how to fix it my self because I don't trust all this people who trying to fix me but make it worst. I stop lifting 8 years ago and missed it so much.
I cant even put my hand behind my back without winging of the scapula.
How can i remedy this?
Thanks
You have tight shoulder capsules, just like me. you probably never used your arms behind your back over the last years, that causes it. Sitting on pc etc.
You Need to stretch them.
Extremely informative. Been plagued by neck pain & shoulder pain right side only. Will begin these stretches immediately.
Alan Thrall is the best! TRAIN UNTAMED!!!
As a massage & postural alignment therapist I very glad you address alignment, posture & form in such an informative way. I also found your squat how-to video impressive. I may even move onto deadlifts for the 1st time in my life!
Can you do a video on elbow pain pls?
+ssjg3156 that would be cool as fuck this was a great video
+ssjg3156 Like +MrYamato97 said, Not fixable. At least its not easy to fix. You've just gotta work through the pain. I find that compression (like a sleeve or cuff) helps and something like myo-breathe helps too. Elbow pain is typically tendonitis and that happens when the tendon becomes inflamed and swollen and starts to push on other parts of your elbow
+ssjg3156 i managed to fix mine, lasted about a year though because i was too impatient to go back to heavy weights. you need to start from the bottom. Doing 14 plus reps with really light weights, and do it slowly. it takes time but its worth it. And dont forget to warm up
+Eric Frullaney No. No. No. Absolutely do NOT try to work through the pain. I'm actually going through what I assume is elbow tendinitis. I used to do weighted dips for a long time and that's what caused it. I have compression sleeves but I bought those a little too late. They do help though. Anyway, the best thing is to just let it rest. It was finally going away for me so I decided to do some body weight dips since i hadn't done any dips at all in about 3 months. I did a 4x12 and now the pain is starting to come back and become more frequent again. It sucks, but it's better to just completely stop. It's not worth it to let your ego get the best of you and keep going. Otherwise you'll end up needing surgery.
you should stop for about a month. then when you start again do those basic shit like triceps extensions with a 2 kilo dumbbell. you need to work on strengthening it again. Start from the bottom and work up. else the moment you try and push heavy it comes back
Ive been struggling with shoulder pain, visited some bs chiropractors, but eventually realized that I depended on deadlifts as my only back exercise, after 8 months pf that my chest was stronger, but back was weak, gonna go thru this video steps in the gym, thnx alan.
"i know its hard to see with all this man".. Subscribed.
The detail with which he addresses the issues and provides the solutions is simply genius
Does anyone know the exact band used in this video? Thanks!
I know right I don't know and I've searching for them.
The closest i've found is this
www.amazon.com/dp/B00CRLGJJQ/ref=twister_B015GBTCS8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
try elitefts.com
They have a lot good, similar bands.
Voodoo floss bands
It's a red one
Allan is the man, deserves way more followers.
Sitting in front of the computer 9 hours a day since 1994 and now being 70 years old i am paying for it, so thank you for this , going to start now!
Wtf was there to do on the computer in '94 xD
Elemxnt45 minesweeper
ski free
Play The Elder Scrolls: Arena, Civilization, Master of Orion, Doom 1, and Baldur's Gate for 9 hours straight every day.
I had an unstable shoulder than led to a rotator cuff from working out. After going through school for exercise you see all the things that go wrong with form and not properly stretching.This video was great thanks omar and alan for the informative video.
Anywhere I can purchase the red band he's using at 10:55 ?
yea im trying to look for one to
+Daniel M he said you can also steal one
+Smoki501 any luck finding one?
yea got a a orange one from elite fts, perfect resistance and made of good material but its still not as long as the one he uses and idk if the other ones they sell are longer or thicker so i would jst buy two of these www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-weights/bands/pro-micro-resistance-band.html and jst tie them together, also before i do ytwl i would suggest to also get a laccrose ball and massage all 3 heads of ur shoulder muscles.. i find it helps loosen my shoulder up to do it more easier..
Smoki501 thanks and I already have a lacrosse ball so thanks again for the suggestion :)
This is probably the best, most relatable and helpful video I've ever watched for my lifts. Thank so much and love your channel Alan!
9:31
I'm in jail now, thanks Alan.
LightInTheNight1337 yeqh guys dont do the 3rd option. Was bad advice.
You can’t be sent to jail if you steal bands they are not expensive enough to make you go to jail
In china. Literally am put to death for stealing band. Send help pliz
It's because you chose a band with too much resistance. Next time look for a grandma or smth.
The YTWL's are seriously the best and simplest shoulder savers I've seen, Alan is the man!!
Alan Thrall? Next video is going to be featuring Garrosh Hellscream or something?
lmfao I just got it. but alan thrall killed hellscream no?
Well played
+Isaac Campos Hearthstone?
Marihark didn't mean to but now that you mention it haha
+Isaac Campos lmao
One complete video about the origin on 90% of the gym injuries!! Beautiful!
Computer is killing my shoulders
+Vincent Legent same here man.... same here... computer job... :(
+Vincent Legent stopp sitting in front of the computer playing silly mmorpg's and do shoulder mobility
+Vincent Legent use a exercise ball to sit on
Alka Frouney
wow thanks, never thought of it ! Are you albert einstein or some shit?
+Vincent Legent
Fixing your imbalanced back will probably make it better.
I can see from your pic that your left trap is much bigger than the right and that your right lower back is much more developed than the left (probably from protracting your right shoulder to use the mouse and leaning towards it)
It is probably screwing up your back too, messing up your technique on the deads and squats and causing unequal loading of your shoulders on presses.
Computer is indeed killing your shoulders but regular stretching and unilateral work will fix it.
Also, supinated barbell shrugs will do you good thanks to the external rotation it promotes.
There ya go buddy
This is the best, most informative video I've seen on this so far. Thanks for the upload!
My shoulder started to hurt just from watching this, time to do something about it :D
Allans channel is easily one of the best fitness channels in youtube.
Guys great video! You can't lift shit if you're hurt! More people need to know how to fix themselves. This video is helpful and it has inspired me to grow out a beard.
Alan deserves more subs for his channel, he is great and this video shows a little bit of what he is doing in his channel.
This actually really helped me out I have very bad poster because of gaming
I think Gears of war 4 is going to have a poster if you pre-order it.
I hope this helped out.
+Alex Khan loooooolllll
+Alex Khan honestly that killed me
+Alex Khan hahahha
+Alex Khan lmfao
THANKS!! I was not doing enough stretching and did not know about all these stretches. My shoulder feels great after doing your stretches!! I will do the band exercises in between.
my right shoulder hurts bc of benching
The Rooker same get a band
BRILLIANT!! I have no shoulder pain but they do feel stiff. I have always worked the stabilizer muscles with bands between sets "BUT" I was getting lower back pain during military press. This video helped me realize the issue was in my lack of shoulder mobility. The shoulder rotating up was causing my lower back to come out of proper alignment. Since I started these few exorcises for the shoulders the lower back pain stopped and that also increased my overall max weight!!!
THANK YOU!!!
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I'm glad you shared Alan. If any youtuber deserved a feature, it's him. Youz a good dude omar surfturf
Good video. But one thing I disagree with is the misconception of always having the "down and back" cue. People already sit in alot of depression so reinforcing that may not be good for some people. The upper traps should be active in an overhead Press. Don't want to keep the scapula depressed when you go to overhead Press. That's incorrect. You want the scapula to upwardly rotate
I agree. Shrugging and upward rotation are key to strong healthy shoulders. Oly lifters always shrug on presses.
Yeah wish he didn't say that. People going to be getting shoulder impingements with that cue -_-
+Sam Adams wait, so if you're doing a regular face pull should you also be shrugging?
Face Pull isn't upward rotation. That's mostly shoulder retraction. but when you press up you SHOULDNT be keeping your shoulders down and back.
+Sam Adams Eric Cressey is a great resource for shoulder health, check him out.
This is one of the MOST educational and informative exercise-related videos i've ever seen.
Thanks Alan!
Have I heard of Alan Thrall? You bet your ass I have. I've been subscribed to his channel before yours :P
Discovered Omar's channel through Thrall and I'm glad to see this video coming up. Two of the best TH-camrs out there.
fucking love alan! just realized how terrible my pooping posture is...
He may not look ripped, but his knowledge is spot on, 100% A1 instructions.
the word shoulder doesnt even seem like a real word anymore
what if I have major shoulder issues but get pull much stronger then I can push?
Weak traps + rotator cuffs, you can have strong lats and shitty scapula muscles
excellent fucking video. i am going to employ the YTWLs ASAP
What are those bands called? i was looking for them on Ebay, but i haven't found any. If anyone knows what bands hes using, please reply to me, thanks!
Actual video starts at 0:47
Wow this is probably the best video about this subject out on YT. Every lifter should watch this vid!
Great exercise, started today. Thank you my hairy friend 😂
Wow 3 years later and this video explains so much about my tension headaches and shoulder pain, thing is I never expierenced any of this 3 years ago when I saw this
My back strength is stronger than my pressing strength, yet I have tight shoulders.
same here, my physio told me I have so much to work on (especially shoulders). The reason why you Plateau on bench and squat is your posture (bad shoulders, anterior pelvic tilt etc.) thats why you are stronger on the back.
One of the best and underrated channel for strengt training
One of the best videos concerning fitness out there!
oh my goodness dude, THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH FOR THIS!!!
I had no idea why my left shoulder was always hurting and felt weaker after doing a few sets of dumbbell shoulder press. I thought i was stuck with it for life
Alan is the man! thanks to his squat video i vastly improved my squat and absolutely fell in love with the movement
this is the best shoulder pain move explanation of all time!!!!!!!!! Should be an oscar here!
I've torn the labrum on both my left and right shoulder and had surgery on both. Overhead movements are pretty out of the question for me, at least for the foreseeable future.
Do note that none of my shoulder injuries were caused by training.
Thank you for this video, it is exactly what I need for I suffer from all the shoulder problems presented here. Thank gawd you made this, i'm finally hopeful i can fix my shoulders and improve my lifts. Again, thank you!