03/30/2026
This is your bicep tendon on every rep when your shoulder is restricted. 🧵⬆️
Had a CrossFit athlete in recently. Top 10% Open finisher, trains 5x/week, and couldn’t do a ring dip for six months.
We tested two movements. Internal rotation: 15 degrees (needs 60+). Extension: 10 degrees (needs 60). His shoulder was sliding forward in the socket on every press, grinding his bicep tendon like a rope over a sharp corner.
Six months of massage guns, lacrosse balls, CBD, and hoping it would go away. The shoulder was never the problem. It just got stuck with the blame.
20 minutes later: 15 degrees → almost 60.
We’ve seen this exact pattern probably 100 times. If your shoulder has been bugging you for months and nothing’s working, it’s probably not what you think it is.
That’s actually good news 🤙