I now have the privilege of uploading videos to YouTube that are longer than 15 minutes. I am guessing that I have passed a certain number of uploads and maintained a positive status with You Tube. So basically I have not uploaded any iphone videos of a Bruins broadcast or anything like that. I did recently post a series of videos on You Tube giving a basic overview of the OPT Model over the course of five videos. Visit my YouTube channel if you want to see them http://youtube.com/theericbeard. You probably notice that I have been investing my time outside of my blog lately I logged in last week to post and spent an hour fixing the typos in my last post. Sheesjh! What a stinker! My apologies for letting that go out. The content was good but what a mess! So that is fit for public consumption and worth a peak when you have time

More importantly is that I uploaded an entire DVD of mine to You Tube. It is finishing processing right now. The DVD is actually the prologue installment for my DVD series Secrets and Staples of Training the Athletic Shoulder. (of course available at http://athleticshoulder.com ) it is 54 minutes long and has some greta stuff in it if I do say so myself. Please watch it and let me know what you think! I am confident that you will find it helpful.

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard
CEO A-Team
Corrective Exercise Specialist
AthleticShoulder.com
http://facebook.com/theericbeard
http://youtube.com/theericbeard

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I have been plugging away at improving my overhead squat and it has felt great! I enlisted the help of Krisitn Mohr, a physical therapist at Integrative Therapeutics in Natick, MA. She can be reached at kmohr@integrativetherapeutics.com if you want some work from her. She is a skilled manual therapist and “gets it”!

Here is a series of short 2-3 minute videos bringing your through part of our last appointment.

Thanks for reading!

Eric Beard

CEO A-Team

Corrective Exercise Specialist

AthleticShoulder.com
http://facebook.com/theericbeard

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I hope the sarcasm is obvious. The person that is teaching these young girls this probably has zero investment into their long term health. They must just be putting them through the meat grinder of high level youth athletics looking to produce the next national champion and Olympic hopeful.

Who is going to pick up the pieces for these girls when they drop out of their swimming program b/c of shoulder pain?

Who is going to care for them when they have to have their shoulders surgically repaired when they are 25? Not the coach, that’s for sure.

Anyone who works with young athletes must understand the long-term implications of their actions. The instant gratification that comes from a successful season or an athletes rise into an upper echelon of competition is powerful for some. There are many of us who would rather see our young athletes delay their gratification a few years as we help them develop appropriately and actually watch them blossom as young adults.

Training for these athletic endeavors is no different. Too much, too fast done too poorly is the norm. We as coaches and trainers need to step up and put the kibosh on outdated and down right dangerous training methodologies that do not promote injury prevention and LONG TERM athletic success.

How many of us had this done to as when we were younger?

Well now is the time to put a stop to this. It is the time to raise the bar for education, application and integrity. Our athletic programs, health insurance system and relationships with our young athletes will be all the better for it.

Thanks for reading.

Eric Beard
Corrective Exercise Specialist
Athletic Performance Enhancement Specialist
theericbeard@blogspot.com
www.ericbeard.com

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•Shoulder injuries make up a particularly large proportion of injuries in the following sports:
o Baseball: 18 percent
o Wrestling: 18 percent
o Football: 12 percent
o Softball: 10 percent

I was about to go on a tirade about upright rows and did a quick google search for a good picture of someone doing upright rows I ended up on Wikipedia. I was pleasantly surprised with what I found;

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The upright row as performed on a cable machine.

The upright row is a weight training exercise performed by holding a barbell with the overhand grip and lifting it straight up to the collarbone. This is a compound exercise that involves the trapezius, the deltoids and the biceps. The narrower the grip the more the trapezius muscles are exercised, as opposed to the deltoids. Dumbbells, an EZ Curl bar, or a cable machine can be used instead of a standard barbell.

Due to the amount of internal rotation of the humerus during this movement, many trainers and organizations (such as the ACSM and NFPT) consider this a contraindicated exercise for all trainees. Most, will at least advise those with shoulder impingement issues to avoid it. Abstaining from raising the bar above the chest line will help in avoiding injury. If pain arises, stop this exercise immediately, as it may be an indicator of a pinched nerve. Substitutes include shrugs (for upper trapezius development) and lateral raises (for lateral deltoids).

While the movement resembles the end portion of the high pull it works different muscle groups. In the upright row, the shoulders provide the force to lift the weight upwards, while in the high pull, the majority of the force is generated by the lower body, with the scapulae providing the rest of the force, and the arms are raised in response to (not as the cause of) the rising bar.

Not too bad…I will elaborate on this in the future but a good basic case that this is a higher risk exercise that should maybe be left only for those particiapting in Oympic lifts.

Eric Beard
theericbeard@blogspot.com
www.ericbeard.com

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http://www.training-conditioning.com/2008/08/arm_forces.html

Enjoy!

Eric
www.ericbeard.com
theericbeard@blogspot.com

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