{"id":395,"date":"2009-11-06T11:25:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T18:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2009-11-06T11:28:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T18:28:36","slug":"floor-shoulder-glides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Floor Shoulder Glides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I have been working with an elite swimmer hoping to make it to the 2012 Olympics in London.\u00a0 It has been blast training her since she is so fit, driven and willing to embrace training with a smile each session.\u00a0 I mean seriously, how many 16 year olds do you know that swim 5 hours per day, go to school, and train with someone like me\u00a03x\/week?<\/p>\n<p>While I utilize many common exercises in her program, I definitely pepper in\u00a0several ones\u00a0aimed at maximizing core and shoulder strength\/stability.\u00a0 One of the exercises I use from time to time with her is a shoulder glide exercise.\u00a0 I thought I would share this little gem today.<\/p>\n<p>This is NOT an exercise I recommend for people with shoulder impingement, recurrent instability, poor shoulder mobility or those lacking a high level of fitness to begin with.\u00a0 In other words, this is no sissy exercise and it can be dangerous if used improperly.<\/p>\n<p>To start with, I had my swimmer do it with both hands.\u00a0 Once she demonstrated the right form with ease, we progressed to this version in the video below:<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"viddlervideo-64219-dcb9b0ba\" class=\"viddlervideo\"><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-64219-dcb9b0ba\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('64219','dcb9b0ba','player',437,370);\" title=\"Click to play this video.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-thumbs.viddler.com\/e2\/thumbnail_2_dcb9b0ba.jpg\" alt=\"Video thumbnail.\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#viddlervideo-64219-dcb9b0ba\" onclick=\"loadViddlerVideo('64219','dcb9b0ba','player',437,370);\" return false;\">Click to play this video.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>So, if you are looking for a great way to challenge and improve shoulder and core strength, this is one to add to\u00a0your arsenal.\u00a0 Be wary of gliding out too fast as this is a sign your upper body and\/or core\u00a0is not strong enough to decelerate the motion effectively.\u00a0 The pull back motion is a great way to strengthen the lats and swimming muscles as well, all the while exposing and resolving any single sided deficiencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I have been working with an elite swimmer hoping to make it to the 2012 Olympics in London.\u00a0 It has been blast training her since she is so fit, driven and willing to embrace training with a smile each session.\u00a0 I mean seriously, how many 16 year olds do you know that swim 5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,36,5,40],"tags":[19,434],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","category-shoulder","category-sports-performance","category-swimming","tag-shoulder-training","tag-swimming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - 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