A peanut isn't dangerous until it meets someone who can't tolerate it. Same with the upright row exercise. This episode scrutinises the "worst exercise for your shoulder" claim by tracing it back to a theory that's already dead, then shows what determines outcome: the person lifting. Shock. Horror.
Key resources
Bahr, R. (2016). Why screening tests to predict injury do not work — and probably never will: a critical review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 50(13), 776–780.
Marsh, C.E., et al. (2020). Fitness and strength responses to distinct exercise modes in twins: Studies of Twin Responses to Understand Exercise as a THerapy (STRUETH) study. The Journal of Physiology, 598(18), 3845–3858.
Stern, B.D., Hegedus, E.J., & Lai, Y.C. (2020). Injury prediction as a non-linear system. Physical Therapy in Sport, 41, 43–48.
Powell, J. (2024). An essay on the upright row... and peanuts. The Shoulder Physio Blog. (Source essay this episode is adapted from.)
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