JMF03072010
First Post
Hello,
I have a question about S+S swings and was hoping someone could help.
I have been doing S+S for a couple of months and enjoy it a lot but I have mainly been using two-handed swings. I am fine with these but when I try one-Arm swings my arm really feels like a 'weak-link.' I know hand/grip strength *will be* the actual weak link in the chain but swinging with one arm feels much less controlled to me. For instance the bell handle sometimes will hit my groin - particularly on the first rep - and then spin a bit as it bounces off so my arm rotates.
I am trying to follow the queues of pulling my shoulder back into the socket but I still feel like I'm struggling to fully transfer the force from my hips into the bell in the one-Arm version. Two handed the bell seems to fly up, even with a 32kg but I can't really swing more than the 16kg with one arm.
Can anyone tell me any more queues related to how the arm should be in this exercise, or know of a good video tutorial which explains?
Also I am positioning my hand in the middle of the handle and keeping the bell 'flat' so the handle is at ninety degrees to my body throughout the movement. Maybe this is not correct? I know some people seem to internally rotate their shoulder and have the bell handle at more of a 45 degree angle - at least for the hike pass movement.
Thanks for reading this far!
I have a question about S+S swings and was hoping someone could help.
I have been doing S+S for a couple of months and enjoy it a lot but I have mainly been using two-handed swings. I am fine with these but when I try one-Arm swings my arm really feels like a 'weak-link.' I know hand/grip strength *will be* the actual weak link in the chain but swinging with one arm feels much less controlled to me. For instance the bell handle sometimes will hit my groin - particularly on the first rep - and then spin a bit as it bounces off so my arm rotates.
I am trying to follow the queues of pulling my shoulder back into the socket but I still feel like I'm struggling to fully transfer the force from my hips into the bell in the one-Arm version. Two handed the bell seems to fly up, even with a 32kg but I can't really swing more than the 16kg with one arm.
Can anyone tell me any more queues related to how the arm should be in this exercise, or know of a good video tutorial which explains?
Also I am positioning my hand in the middle of the handle and keeping the bell 'flat' so the handle is at ninety degrees to my body throughout the movement. Maybe this is not correct? I know some people seem to internally rotate their shoulder and have the bell handle at more of a 45 degree angle - at least for the hike pass movement.
Thanks for reading this far!