Laying Row with Protraction
Upper Body: Horizontal Pull
Corrective
Level: 3
Single Arm Row in Retraction (knee on bench)
Upper Body: Horizontal Pull
Fundamentals
Level: 7
Target Action: Dynamic
Upper Body
Kit: Dumbell
The shoulder is a highly mobile joint and is often the victim of poor posture, low levels of strength and poor transfer of energy through the kinetic chain.
Horizontal Pulling often builds directly on Scapula Skills learned in the Horizontal Pushing Category and is used to immediately challenge coordination under a Distraction Load which tries to pull the athlete out of good positions or all the athlete to demonstrate good eccentric muscle strength and control under load.
Exercises in the Horizontal Exercise Category are chosen for their ability to develop the muscles of the upper back which are important in the deceleration of the arm and dissipation of high forces during ballistic sports movements like throwing.
Key exercises in the Horizontal Pull Category include bent over rows, single arm rows and bench pulls.
Exercises in the Fundamentals Theme build directly upon the skills learned previously.
We progress to exercises that become the bedrock of effective strength training by challenging the athlete to maintain postural excellence while resisting against poor positions. With greater opportunity for intensification, postural control and strength development occur in parallel. In doing so, the movements that we are strengthening are not at odds with the dynamic and fluid sports skills that we seek to enhance.
