This is great information and useful but when do you fit all this in, while doing cardio, usual base level work outs, stretches and the rest of your life, I'm just not improving my strength
Storm Ranger I always loved to work these specific areas, it’s unique and the benefits are outstanding. I do armwrestling and a lot of grip, strength gains are amazing compared to when I never did grip training.
I hope peoplr realize how hard some of these exercises for a tall guy like you. You are an inspiration and it is obvious that you have been making some gains. Keep it up.
I am now into Phase 1, Week 2 of the Upper Body BBR for the 4th time, a total of 55 consecutive weeks. The incredible functional gains of Daniels’ programme has literally put me into the best shape of my life, at 57....with little to no pain, what a bonus compared to plate lifting. The program, most importantly, is fun to do. You will see your performance improve functionally, and as a result it is easily committed to over the long term. Plus you don’t need a gym, so you can pretty much train anywhere. Thankyou for this video, I love the dip press, and the horizontal bar rotation. Many of the other exercises are covered in the program.
Scaplular stability Pike shoulder taps-shrug shoulder as high as your can,land as soft as you can) Place and close to wall -wothojt arching lower back 2:25--retrated and then depress scaplular
thanks Daniel!I will purchase some content of yours to express the respect that you deserve after all these years that i m watching you! I am a physics student and i love the fact that you create content based on body mechanics! :-) cheers mate!
Tried some planche hold and front lever hold progressions yesterday and I definitely need to work on my scapular and wrist/grip strength before those... This video is sooo useful, thanks a million bro.
You are one of the fewest Fitness RU-vidrs who are addressing this largely ignored but highly functional aspect of pulling exercises. And you are fucking killing it. Keep up the sweet job mate! Cheers! 🍻
Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!.......I believe you exposed my “Achilles heel” with weak handstand strength is probably not my shoulder or tricep strength, but my scapular weakness. I appreciate your great advice and giving me the direction I now need to go in my quest for handstand hold. The four planes of scapular strength exercises make complete sense to me.
This video is Gold. I don't do calisthenics, but scapula is one part that I haven't got a handle on and i feel is holding back the rest of my weight program .. Thanks for sharing .. 👍
I did these about 10 years ago as had a lawn mowing business and was always pushing pulling the mower. Althpugh for a different reason good to see the same exercises. They felt tough to do knew they were doing something.
Great video, I am struggling to get to the next level with my front lever and handstand. Can I achieve the same results with these scapula exercises using rings?
Omfg thank you…I train at home with minimal equipment, rings/pull-up bar are about all I use, the isolated exercises for the scapula are challenging, but I can feel my scapula fully contract when doing the exercises on the rings.
Thanks for the tips: I will pay $15 per day to go to the Y temporarily. I think they have good equipment and my health is worth the price. I can't commit yet not knowing where I will live in town yet. I do Jeff Cav's face pulls, which do some work on the rotator cuff. These are a really good set of exercises I want to do also, eventually. I do wall supported handstands but I'm being careful about the shoulder and wrist since I got brief and only occasionally very light tingling in some fingers. May be related to hitting funny bone a ways back.
A key takeaway I always have from your videos is to not rush calisthenic exercises. Time and Time again I forget to mindfully execute some calisthenic exercises.
So you recommend arching your back inwards as if you were trying to place a ball on the back when doing front levers? Many calistenics guys ive seen say to crouch the back making it round when doing front lever.
We have so many exercises for every muscle and we can't possibly do all of them in a single workout session so, I wanted to ask that how many exercises should I choose per muscle to add in my workout for that muscle? So that I could have an effective workout..
I have been doing two extra sets of scapula push directly after my regular pushups (in rings). It works, but I think a better, more time efficient, idea is to just continue each set of pushup-plus, with a few extra reps of just scapula pushups. And like that for the other directions of pulling and pushing. Scapula pullups is also a part of my warm up for hanging exercises.
zippy bangbang being a beginner sucks but at the same time it is the most enjoyable phase of training journey. If you train in right way it’s more enjoyable
1. Pike shoulder taps - tap the ground gently Progression - HS shoulder taps, elbow taps of too hard. 2. Dip shrug - straight elbows, retracted scapula Progression - add weight with dip belt 3. Scapula pull (on bar) - shrug on the way down and up. Progression - add weight 4. Arch active hang - progressively increase range of motion until eventually the waist hits the bar. Forcefully retract and depress scapula 5. Single arm scapula pushup or with both hand with rubberband 6. Horizontal scapula pull - straight arms, pause in peak scapula retraction
I'd really like to add that specific training to my routines but I never find time. I try to work my scapulas at the same time I do the full exercices it's possible and you spare some time.
Do you have any good stretches for scapula and upper chest when you get sore muscles after practicing dips?? Some days I can't even move my arms backwards cause is too sore 😅
Doing them every now and then for maintenance can’t hurt, but you definitely want to do these if you want to strengthen and stabilize your main exercises. Do them after your main exercise or in off days. You don’t want your stabilizer muscles to be weakened during your main exercises.
Hello Brother😁 Sorry Do you have a calisthenic or bodyweight exercise for the side shoulders, posterior or back shoulders and upper, middle, lower trapezius, thoracic and lower back forearm, wrist and rotator cuff and how to neck exercise?🤔
For Shoulders start learning the hand stand skill and slowly progress that whilst in your actual training sessions do some pike push ups or normal push ups. Remember proper technique is important. For lower back deadlifts are good or supermans. For forearm grip do dead arm hang.
