Scapula stability

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Scapula stability

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I remembered someone saying that fixing scapula instability or winging can help to increase pressing exercises poundages by as much as 25%

Anyone tried it before?What were the results?
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Take these claims with a pinch of salt. It's good to stabilize your scapula, but 25%? I really doubt it in most cases. "As much as 25%" can mean 25%, but it can also mean 1%.
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instability will limit you for sure.
25% is relative to how much your pressing already -
if its 40kg, then sizeable amount of 10kg (50kg) is attainable.

If you're already pressing 1 BW then 25% is alot.
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Post by Derek »

Don't have numbers and figures to support this assertion, but mobility work and activation exercises have allowed me to gain a decent amount of range of motion in the bench press to the neck without feeling constrictions in my rotator cuff.
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