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Do you do any rotator cuff work?
- Thread starter Carl Carlson
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2-3x per week...
My shoulders take a beating from all the heavy GM's, squats, overheads, inclines, and flats...as well as all the events that I do.
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My shoulders take a beating from all the heavy GM's, squats, overheads, inclines, and flats...as well as all the events that I do.
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I started doing rotators a little while ago. I haven't been able to tell any difference, but then again I had no problems to begin with
I think training your rotators is a prehab thing... something to save you much much more pain later.
Oh and don't forget to stretch the rotators as well, inflexibility will screw them up just as much as weakness.
Try this: lie on your side, with your bottom arm at a 90 degree angle in front of you and your head resting on it. Rotate the arm down (like arm wrestling) until you feel it stretch slightly. While continuing to attempt to rotate it, gently assist the stretch with your free hand.
This helps a lot in addition to strengthening it
I think training your rotators is a prehab thing... something to save you much much more pain later.
Oh and don't forget to stretch the rotators as well, inflexibility will screw them up just as much as weakness.
Try this: lie on your side, with your bottom arm at a 90 degree angle in front of you and your head resting on it. Rotate the arm down (like arm wrestling) until you feel it stretch slightly. While continuing to attempt to rotate it, gently assist the stretch with your free hand.
This helps a lot in addition to strengthening it
casualbb said:
GOOOOOD point!!!!
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Carl Carlson
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Awesome, thanks guys.
super_rice
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Anthrax said:
us small bros don't need to worry about such problems
Anthrax said:
Yeah...quite a bit, especially when you start adding in all the band tension that I use when getting ready for a contest.
Yesterday I was doing box squats with 355 + heavy and mid bands for 5 sets of 2 with 45 sec rest between sets. The bar sits across the back of the shoulders and it feels like about 700 at the top but the bands are pulling DOWN on your body. Even through a tank top, a t-shirt, and a sweat shirt...it still tears a lot of skin off my upper back every week when I squat.
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