Exercise Video of the Week: Scap Push-up Progressions for Shoulder Health & Function

Good morning and happy Monday!

I hope you had a fantastic weekend and were able to find some time to relax and enjoy yourself, your friends, family, and loved ones.

I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to NYC and spend the weekend with several of my best friends in celebration of one of their birthday’s. All in all, I couldn’t have asked for a more amazing experience.

Now, in this weeks’ Exercise Video of the Week, I want to discuss a simple exercise to include within your current training program for improved shoulder health and function:

The Scap Push-Up

The Scap Push-up is a relatively common exercise designed to recruit the serratus anterior.

Sufficient serratus strength and recruitment patterns are essential for optimal shoulder performance but are, unfortunately, an often neglected component of the average trainees programming.

In the video below I briefly describe why the serratus is so important and how to perform several variations of the Scapular Pushup. I hope you enjoy the video and, as always, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions leave them in the comments section at the end.

Never Minimal. Never Maximal. Always Optimal.

-J
Scap Push-Up Progressions

Benefits of the Scap Push-Up

• Effectively recruits the Serratus Anterior which will improve scapular stability and shoulder health/function.
• Personally, I find the plank position significantly easier to teach. I also “feel” it more in the plank position as opposed to the standard pushup position.
• The plank position allows for improved core stability.

Technique Points for the Scap Push-Up

1. Get in the standard Plank position.
2. Maintain a neutral spine, keep your chin tucked, and place your elbows beneath your shoulders.
3. Keeping your abs tight, allow your chest to sink in towards the ground. DO NOT let your lower back cave in or allow your neck to shoot forward.
4. Once you’ve sunk in as far as you can go, forcefully drive your elbows and forearms into the ground as hard as possible! Push up as far as you can go while maintaining a neutral spine.
5. Repeat for the prescribed number of sets and repetitions.

Programming the Scap Push-Up

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