Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / shoulders
Cable External Rotation
Elbow pinned to side or at 90 degrees, rotate hand away under control.
Muscles
- Primary
- rotator cuff
- Supporting
- infraspinatus, teres minor
Mechanics
- Pattern
- external rotation
- Equipment
- cable, band
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Back of shoulder works without elbow drifting.
- Progression
- Add slow eccentric before load.
- Regression
- Use a light band.
Watch for
- Letting elbow leave ribs
- Loading too heavy
Substitutions
- Cuban Rotations
- Band external rotation
- Face pull