Boris Bachmann
Level 8 Valued Member
@marlowe Not to derail the thread but I couldn't get over this...
While I don't disagree at all with the spirit of the post (that trainers and coaches have unfairly demonized and poo-poo'ed external rotation work), is a strict Cuban Rotation with over half of bdwt in your hands even possible? I'm thinking physics might say no, but you know, the last physics class I took was in the 80s and things might have changed since then.While many abandoned ext-rotation work, I had such great results with it, having a full slap tear on my left shoulder as well as seeing results with hundreds of students that instead I increased my efforts even further.
At a certain stage I did clean reps in the Cuban Rotation (not to be confused with the muscle snatch, I mean without any momentum and not upright rowing the barbell first, pure rotation back and forth) with 40Kg at 65-70kg of bodyweight and for reps. I only know of one other person who took it to that extent, my student and assistant Joe Schmoe.
How did my shoulders feel? Absolutely invincible. I was doing aggressive one arm work on a shoulder that apparently had no articular stability.