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I just discovered your channel while looking for drills on shoulder packing. A very underestimated skill in KB training and often glossed over but so important (especially if you want to avoid injury). I will be doing your drills as I practice for the one hand swing and (hopefully soon) the clean and press. Thank you so much for your informative videos! I'm binge watching your channel next. 😊
Hi! Aw thank you for the kind words! It means a lot to us 🙏 Binge-watching our channel is the greatest compliment ever! So glad the videos are helpful. Keep up the strong work! We have a solid playlist on the clean, here: ruclips.net/p/PLY7_YncujNH2Ow3hsqKg_wVwtYwxjbTKW&si=4_AVruM_SYlc5yaw
Hi Rendy, Great question! The shoulder should stay packed and connected to the torso throughout the entire KB swing movement: from the moment you hike the bell until you park the bell. However, if someone is having trouble keeping their shoulder packed, it's most likely that their shoulder is coming unpacked at the top of the swing. The top of the swing is the most common place where we see a problem with shoulder packing. A good cue is to think about keeping your shoulders away from your ears the whole time. Hope that helps and keep up the strong work!
@@CatChau Thank you for the response! The mistake I made was confusing "squeezing" and "packing" the shoulder. I Kept trying to keep my shoulder blades squeezed together, instead of just the shoulder packed. Not overdoing it allowed me to do it properly :)
Hi Rendy, Ah, makes sense! Yes, the shoulders can move in a lot of different directions. "Squeezing the pencil" ✏️ between the shoulder blades represents retraction of the scapulae. You are 100% correct in that you don't want to "overdo" the retraction. The goal is to find that happy medium position where the shoulder is maximally "connected" to the torso. Not overly protracted, retracted, or elevated. Haha that was a lot of jargon, sorry. 😂 Great work!!
21 hours ago (edited) Great video & drills, thank you! There's never too much knowledge to gather... Could these corrections be done with TRX loops also? One thing: when you do the examples wrong on the left/right on the right, each time I see your shoulder packed, your scapula protrudes out from your back. Is that OK?
Hi Mikha, Yes, TRX straps are also a great tool for this drill! Great question about my scapula. I have prominent scoliosis (my spine is curved like an 'S'), so my scapulae protrude because of my spine curvature. Good eye! 💯 Thank you for watching and learning with us! 🙏
Hi @@CatChau, Thank you for your reply! After I asked this question, I experimented... and did not like it. Too much weight, and as to me and idiosyncrasies of my spine (birds of a feather - kyphoscoliosis w/wedge-shaped vertebrae and some other tasty things -- hence "Da Good Eye" LOL) it's still better _at least to start_ it your way. Rounded top of the spine presents some problems with shoulder positioning/packing, but I'm overcoming them little by little. BTW, I was doing "corrective exercises" throughout my childhood, and their effect was precisely zero. Only now that I discovered kettlebells for myself (P.Tsatsouline, Dan John, Brett Jones... et al.) at 58 I'm doing something really worth doing, and SEE THE RESULTS!
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I just discovered your channel while looking for drills on shoulder packing. A very underestimated skill in KB training and often glossed over but so important (especially if you want to avoid injury). I will be doing your drills as I practice for the one hand swing and (hopefully soon) the clean and press. Thank you so much for your informative videos! I'm binge watching your channel next. 😊
Hi! Aw thank you for the kind words! It means a lot to us 🙏 Binge-watching our channel is the greatest compliment ever! So glad the videos are helpful. Keep up the strong work! We have a solid playlist on the clean, here:
ruclips.net/p/PLY7_YncujNH2Ow3hsqKg_wVwtYwxjbTKW&si=4_AVruM_SYlc5yaw
It is really awesome video!!
We're so glad it's helpful for you! What other kettlebell movements do you want to learn more about? :)
Do you only pack your shoulders at the top part of the swing, or should you keep it packed all the way through the bottom part as well?
Hi Rendy,
Great question! The shoulder should stay packed and connected to the torso throughout the entire KB swing movement: from the moment you hike the bell until you park the bell.
However, if someone is having trouble keeping their shoulder packed, it's most likely that their shoulder is coming unpacked at the top of the swing. The top of the swing is the most common place where we see a problem with shoulder packing.
A good cue is to think about keeping your shoulders away from your ears the whole time.
Hope that helps and keep up the strong work!
@@CatChau Thank you for the response! The mistake I made was confusing "squeezing" and "packing" the shoulder. I Kept trying to keep my shoulder blades squeezed together, instead of just the shoulder packed. Not overdoing it allowed me to do it properly :)
Hi Rendy,
Ah, makes sense!
Yes, the shoulders can move in a lot of different directions. "Squeezing the pencil" ✏️ between the shoulder blades represents retraction of the scapulae.
You are 100% correct in that you don't want to "overdo" the retraction. The goal is to find that happy medium position where the shoulder is maximally "connected" to the torso. Not overly protracted, retracted, or elevated.
Haha that was a lot of jargon, sorry. 😂
Great work!!
21 hours ago (edited)
Great video & drills, thank you! There's never too much knowledge to gather... Could these corrections be done with TRX loops also? One thing: when you do the examples wrong on the left/right on the right, each time I see your shoulder packed, your scapula protrudes out from your back. Is that OK?
Hi Mikha, Yes, TRX straps are also a great tool for this drill!
Great question about my scapula. I have prominent scoliosis (my spine is curved like an 'S'), so my scapulae protrude because of my spine curvature. Good eye! 💯 Thank you for watching and learning with us! 🙏
Hi @@CatChau, Thank you for your reply! After I asked this question, I experimented... and did not like it. Too much weight, and as to me and idiosyncrasies of my spine (birds of a feather - kyphoscoliosis w/wedge-shaped vertebrae and some other tasty things -- hence "Da Good Eye" LOL) it's still better _at least to start_ it your way. Rounded top of the spine presents some problems with shoulder positioning/packing, but I'm overcoming them little by little.
BTW, I was doing "corrective exercises" throughout my childhood, and their effect was precisely zero. Only now that I discovered kettlebells for myself (P.Tsatsouline, Dan John, Brett Jones... et al.) at 58 I'm doing something really worth doing, and SEE THE RESULTS!