I've seen people say the last stretch of the movement is unnecessary as there's not much loading on the shoulders at that point and only opens more opportunity for injury.
I've not seen people say the stretch at the top is in any way beneficial.
*Waits for ice to tell me I'm a moron*
You're a moron
It's kind of half good advice, but based on the assumption that people have very specific problems. Most of these would be down to mobility in the shoulder (likely pec limited) and stability/control of the scapula, both of which should be dealt with. Other problems would mean that shoulder pressing at all would be a bad idea.
On the other hand, there are advantages to having full EXTERNALLY ROTATED extension of the shoulder with a slight shrug. At the very least, these positions should be accessible and pain free.
Neck position is easy, neutral spine all day every day. If you're throwing your head around you're going to snap something up.
The idea of not locking out to protect joints is a bit of a funny one, and it seems to be taught to aspiring PTs. The actual situation is that we shouldn't be resting weight passively at end range of the joint, but, for example, a straight knee shouldn't be 100% end range.
People need to deal with their mobility issue so they don't need to do weird **** to avoid snapping all kinds of stuff up.
watching that super series wsm qualifier last night and i have to say eddie hall looks promising if he can sort his grip and fitness out.
just hope he doesnt end up like terry hollands who seems to be hitting a wall fitness wise with his constant cramping.
although the quote they got from eddie in the gym about his training is a tad worrying "i lift heavy weights for low reps" hopefully it was a throw away comment otherwise he'l never sort his fitness and grip out.
Well he isn't going to get strong without lifting near max weight at low reps...
Edit: Increasing stamina in events isn't as simple as doing more reps in the gym.
