Prince of Pull

[Tblock1]

Hahahah thats hilarious man got to love those little alpha male competitions in the gym. They mostly go unspoken but you can often times just feel the competition from someone else haha. And when there are hot girls in the gym it's increased 10x.....

 

[ExtraMile]

There are naked dudes walking a less than 1 mph all over the place, it takes me a full 30 seconds to walk across the locker room to reach the urinals. When I finally complete my journey I am forced to use a urinal right next to some dude who has Downes Syndrome and is pissing with his pants all the way down and his ass hanging out.

Lmao this was the funniest part

 

[miked8c]

Lmao this was the funniest part

I though it was too.

Google Images

 

[ExtraMile]

I though it was too.

Google Images

Lol dude wtf did you search for to find that pic

 

[miked8c]

Deadlift:
415x5
415x3
405x1 (Held it at the top and did some traps)

My left shoulder and left upper back are really bothering me. Could not do Pull ups after DLs today, felt like the ball of my rotator cuff was in pain.

 

[Tblock1]

yeah man thats whats with my shoulder right now when I go all the way down for a pull up the rotary cuff starts hurting. Deadlifts are still looking solid though

 

[lweaver]

Please don't say rotary cuff.

If you're having shoulder stabilization issues I'd add in some supplemental neutral grip face pulls, overhead shrugs and serratus push-ups into your routine and see if that doesn't help. Pec minor stretching will generally help as well.

 

[Tblock1]

yeah for me it was after a bike crash I've just had a minor tweak there its been a month or so. Mike's might be shoulder stabilization though

 

[miked8c]

anyone got some shoulder stabilizer drills I can cop?

I bench, OH press, Deadlift and front squat.

Every workout I am putting immense stress on my shoulders.

 

[lweaver]

You can put your time into the RTC work but generally face-pulls, serratus push-ups and overhead shrugs will take care of what you need as far as stabilization.

It's pretty likely that you're experiencing some shoulder impingement with overhead because your humerus is beginning to impinge the rotator cuff, most likely secondary to a muscle imbalance betwee your upward scapular rotators and your downward scapular rotators. You likely have strong downward rotators (rhomboids, lats, pec major, pec minor, levator scapulae) with weaker upward rotators (middle and lower traps, serratus anterior) which is limiting normal posterior tilt of the scapula with humeral elevation.

The cool thing is you can go ahead and progress those three lifts just like any other and your shoulder will thank you. Add pec minor stretching in a doorway 2-3x a day as well and you should see some improvements.