Moves/sandbag shoulder to shoulder thruster

sandbag shoulder to shoulder thruster

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Exercise Types:
Upper Push, Total Quadruped
Contraindications:
Wrist Problems, Knee Problems
Equipment:
Floor Based
Applicability:
Group
Superset?:
Yes
Sprint-able?:
Yes

Key Teaching Points:

  1. 1. Drive the floor away on floor-based pressing — create full-body tension.
  2. 2. Control the eccentric — lower in roughly twice the time it takes to press.
  3. 3. Set the shoulder blades before pressing — retract and depress, then press.
  4. 4. Lock out fully at the top but avoid hyperextending the elbow joint.

Regression:

Use a machine or cable variation to learn the pressing path before loading a free-weight version.

Progression:

Add a dynamic component — clap push-up or plyo push-up — once the strength base is established.

Common Problems:

Wrist collapse under load — reinforce a stacked wrist and consider a neutral-grip variation.