| Rotator Cuff pain is pretty common if your train on a | | | | shoulder can move in that way, when you add |
| consistent basis. If you are changing out your workout | | | | resistance to that movement, you put strain on the |
| periododically then your training your shoulders twice a | | | | rotator cuff. You strain the ligaments and cause them |
| week. Advanced training suggests that you use | | | | to wear done causing pain in the shoulder. You may |
| different excercises for each shoulder work out. | | | | not notice it at first but consistant training in this manner |
| Some of the staple movements are the Shoulder | | | | will lead to injury in the ligaments, bone and/or muscle. |
| Press either seated or standing either free weight or | | | | Injuries to the shoulder could lead to injections of |
| machine. Front raises - seated or standing, Lateral | | | | cortizon or even surgery. In any event your should |
| raises - seated or standing, Standing close grip front | | | | training is set back along with your hard work to that |
| raises, Bent over lateral raises - seated or standing. | | | | point. |
| The there are weighted shoulder shrugs with free | | | | Bottom line is to stick to basic movements when |
| weight or machine. | | | | training your shoulders. Up and Down, Up and Down in |
| The shoulder is compromised of three muscles, front, | | | | a strait line with any of the excercises. Keep you |
| side and rear. I see athletes in the gym on a daily basis | | | | movements slow and controlled, using proper form. |
| training shoulders the wrong way. Understand that the | | | | Dont forget to keep your thumbs out of it meaning all |
| shoulder muscles are small muscles and while they do | | | | fingers should be on one side of the bar and palm on |
| respond to resistance training, they respond the most | | | | the other side. |
| to basic movement training. What do I mean by that? I | | | | Once you start to feel the slighest pain in your |
| mean that the most basic movement with good | | | | shoulder, STOP training them and layoff training for a |
| proper resistance is the key to getting them to | | | | time till they start to feel better, easing your way back |
| respond. | | | | to training them being very careful, sticking to basic |
| You can easily over train your shoulders buy first | | | | movements and evaluating any pain you start to feel. |
| loading up with too much weight or un-natural | | | | Below is a link to getting rid of pain in your shoulders |
| movements. The biggest mistake training mistake I see | | | | without having to get injections or having to have |
| in the gym in training shoulders is rotating the shoulder | | | | surgery. Get it read it and be well. |
| in a circular motion from front to back. Even though the | | | | |