I’ve come across a whole heap of women lately with a fear of lifting their arms overhead.
👉🏼 Some of them are worried about overhead press contributing to neck pain and headaches
👉🏼 Some hate how their shoulders feel weak or clicky overhead
👉🏼 Some just flat out avoid doing overhead exercises because they’re worried about injury
But here’s the thing.
We need to be comfortable lifting our arms overhead if we
💪 want to be able to get things out of the top cupboard
💪 put our bags in the overhead locker ourself,
💪 close our car boot without pain or injury.
Here are my hot tips for improving your overhead press WITHOUT hurting yourelf:
🔥 Make sure you have enough upward rotation of the scapula first
🔥 Practise the movement without load first, making sure to keep length in the neck
🔥 Add load gradually and only as much as you can before you lose length in the neck.
Tell me, do you avoid overhead press in your workouts?
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