Dr. Kelly Starrett

As we get into complex understanding of movement, we look at start position effectiveness and finish position.

So if I'm pressing overhead and I'm starting in a less effective position, then it's really difficult for me to end in a great position.

That's why that bottom-up kettlebell press forces us to be in a good shape as we press overhead.

But if I don't have complete overhead position – my overhead position is here where I have to internally rotate a little bit – I'll achieve some overhead-like shape, but that's not full position.

So even if I'm pressing a barbell out here where I'm not anywhere near full overhead position –

I would still check this full overhead position.

And it could be that we just don't have as efficient access for whatever reason, because you've had this amazing life.

And now this movement is highlighting something for us that we can become curious about.

Because you should be able to press overhead.

I like it.

You're there.

Yeah, I do pull-ups and I don't have that problem.

So it's definitely-

where I'm gonna have better features of stability, the capsules wound up, the mechanic of pressing is a little bit better.

And in this situation, I might even have you, when anyone has pain with a problem, an area or a movement, there's two things we can always do.

We can always pause, if I have a painful range,

Or B, I slow down.

So we can slow this down a little bit and ask you to show me that you've got control, signal that it's safe to the brain, et cetera, instead of sort of, I'm overhead, right?

And I didn't really touch some of those overhead shapes and really use it as a diagnostic.

But in this situation, I'd be really curious.