+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 !
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!
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
+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.
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
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!
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.
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.
+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 RU-vid) 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.
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 :)
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!
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.
+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
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!!
+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
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,..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.
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?
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.
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 didn't read the name on the video in my sub list, so I was really surprised when Omar popped up on the Allen Thrall video I just clicked on. I've actually been subbed to Alan longer than I've been subbed to Omar. 99% of my workout technique is stuff I learned from Alan. He is the person who taught me how to properly squat and deadlift and now he is going to fix the shoulder pain I've been having, so I can start benching again.
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.
This video could not have come at a better time. I've been having shoulder issues for WEEKS and did not know how to fix it. It didn't help either when I went to the doctors and he basically suggested that I "go home and Google a solution". Twat. Thanks surf clam. Keep em coming!
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.
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
this feels like watching some old elliot hulse's videos about shoulder mobility and proper alignment and posture. great content, def subbing to the man.
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..
This was an awesome advice. I love how simple this is to implement in my life, too many solutions I have seen until now is too advanced or hard to find time for - def. going to try this out, thank you!
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.
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.
Very good video, been a subscriber of Alan for some time now, he has some of the best content out there. I love how every negative example is in black and white
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!
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