Timeline for Why working the Rotator Cuff in the high reps & low weight range? Isn't that wrong?
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| Jul 22, 2013 at 22:58 | comment | added | Alex | @Mephisto I do the lateral rotation and lateral rotation in abduction. I also perform the medial rotation. All with bands, 2 sets of 10-12 for each of those. Of course I step far enough with the band so that I work hard throughout the last reps. | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 21:09 | comment | added | Mephisto | @Alex, thanks +1! I already have a pink band for that purpose. Are you doing perhaps the exercises shown here ? (I guess you are doing that "lateral rotation in abduction"). Or perhaps something else? (it would be helpful to know exactly) | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 12:18 | comment | added | Alex | I'll add a comment instead of another answer because this is mostly my own opinion and not based on any facts. I have started strengthening my rotator cuff about a year ago when I had a shoulder injury. I use elastic bands instead of weights since the tension gets progressively harder. I tend to stear away from some pullies because they aren't perfect (atleast at my gym). With elastic bands, you can up the weight by grabbing closer or doubling the band. I usually do 10-12 reps for my RTC. Always going heavier if possible. | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 9:41 | answer | added | BackInShapeBuddy | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 2:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackFitness/status/359139225582583808 | ||
| Jul 22, 2013 at 0:37 | comment | added | Mephisto | @BackInShapeBuddy, I am doing rehabilitation exercises from an infraspinatus & biceps mild tendonitis. When I am fully recovered and back to weights, I want to be sure to strengthen my (weak and slightly bent forward after years of computer work) shoulders. I'll do something basic with compound exercises (I cannot do SL5x5 or similar because there is no gym with squat rack available where I live now), but I would like to target my shoulders specially because they are a weak point and might probably get injured again. So the goal is adding some specific exercises to a general strength workout. | |
| Jul 22, 2013 at 0:22 | answer | added | user4644 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 22:57 | answer | added | DavidR | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 22:27 | comment | added | BackInShapeBuddy | What is your goal in working the Rotator Cuff muscles? Answers may vary depending on your goals. | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 16:13 | history | edited | Mephisto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2013 at 12:57 | answer | added | Dave Liepmann | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 8:46 | comment | added | Mephisto | What is different for that muscles? I suspect that recommendations are so because they mainly come from the kind of physical therapists that always send you to swim and prevent you against any form of heavy weight training... (there is nothing wrong with swimming, but it is a completely different thing from weightlifting) | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 8:45 | history | asked | Mephisto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |