Rotator Cuff Excercise

[John Kennedy]

When I was about 13 some dirty fucking mexican kid at the basketball court who hacked his way through every game went for the steal on one play and almost took my arm with him. My shoulder dislodged and 10 years later my right shoulder has never been the same. It doesn't hurt, it just loses its power at certain points of movement sometimes (such as behind the neck presses) and my pushing force on pressing movements is weak and has a hard time increasing. So last year, at the advice of a trainer friend of mine, I began doing rotator cuff excercises. Now, everytime I incorporate these into my routines, my bench strength progresses normally and many other excercises are helped a lot by strengthening my rotator cuff movement. You would be surprised how working out this movement will help you. Here's a link to a page on rotator cuff excercises: http://familydoctor.org/handouts/265.html

[joeyjoey]

They work really good, but I've noticed that they preexhaust your delts and you might wind up getting a shitty workout even though you don't hurt your rotator during the workout.

[John Kennedy]

I usually do them at the end of the shoulder workout.. this way you can use the stabilizers in your entire workout and then exhaust the rotator cuffs at the end.

[.gene.]

Thanks for posting that, I have problems w/my rotator cuff too

[KeLe.GirL]

hey johnny you tryin to take my job from me?

[John Kennedy]

no im just in a gym rat mode again hef hef :)

[The Kid]

Best bet is to do them on off days or days that your not doing upper body work.

And working all parts of your shoulder will aslo help keep your rotator cuff strong and problem free (although going heavy all the time is gunna pay a toll on it in years IMO). What I have been doing besides normal presses (forward and reverse) is to do raises and get like 3 to 4 angles out of it. That way you hit the shoulder at every possible angle and hit all the fibers. And when I do standing shoulder presses I sometimes just bring the bar down right over the top of my head (just before it touches) you def feel it diff in your shoulder.

Make sure when you do your presses you dont brake 90deg or try not to go below your ears with the bar.