By: Leo Fontana Shoulder flexibility and mobility is something many of us lack. Healthy and mobile scapula (shoulder blades), a flexible thoracic spine (mid back), and stability overhead are crucial to being able to go overhead safely. However, we see many people going overhead with poor positioning and on top of it all going heavier than they should, and doing this daily. A lot of the time this results in lower back pain, shoulder pain and everyone’s favorite… a lot of “NO REPS,” which compared to the other two is the least of our worries. If you’d like to perform a quick test to see if you have full range of motion to go overhead with a load safely, here’s what you’ll need to do: lay down on the floor, now keeping your lower back in contact with the ground (during the whole test), bring both hands over your head and...
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