DieselSC's video: Best Push-up Variation for Beat Up Shoulders

FINDING LINES OF TENSION | PUSH-UPS I’ve spoken in the past about how strength training and building muscle is all about finding lines of tension where the goal is to optimally engage the target muscle groups to facilitate a loaded movement pattern. The problem is, with poor programming, previous injury, joint restriction, and a ton of other issues, finding a line of tension can take some time and some real world coaching tricks. In this example, we are trying to find the tension we want across the core, back, lats, triceps, biceps, and chest to load and progress push-ups. The setup is simple, placing various multi-grip bars on top of dumbbells to create a platform for our hands. This will give the lifter an opportunity to ‘self select’ their tension strategies in order to find their optimal tensioning through the movement. Bar : Rogue Multi-Grip bar Bar : Rogue Multi-Grip Angled bar For me, the angled bar felt better and I was able to load up the movement, keep position, and keep tension through all joint angles required for the movement pattern. In a previous post, I also show a much simpler setup with just two dumbbells. We called this traveling across the dumbbell because the lifter would move their hands across two dumbbells placed on the floor. To execute the strategy, the lifter would start their push-ups on the near side bell end of the dumbbells, move to the handles at a neutral position, and finally, place their hands on the far side of the dumbbell. Again, the goal is to find what hand position allows the lifter to feed tension up into the kinetic chain? Here is the original post: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLtWTJAgG71/ ► Check out AGELESS ATHLETE 2.0, here: www.dieselsc.com/store/ageless-athlete-2 ► SUBSCRIBE TO DIESEL | https://www.youtube.com/user/smittydiesel?sub_confirmation=1 ► About Smitty I've been in the fitness industry over 20+ years and have been training for over 33+ years. What you will find here at Diesel are the best-of-the-best training programs and strength training for longevity and the programs, exercises, and workouts I create will help you move better and feel better. -------------------------------------------- 🔥 FOLLOW DIESEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA 🔥 🖥 WEBSITE | http://www.dieselsc.com ► FACEBOOK | http://facbook.com/agelessathletesc ► INSTAGRAM | http://instagram.com/smittydiesel ► TWITTER | http://twitter.com/dieselstrength -------------------------------------------- @cppscoaches @cppscoaches