Protect your Rotator Cuff With Strength Exercises

How to Protect your Rotator Cuff

Normal shoulder performance depends on you having healthy, strong rotator cuff muscles.  Here are some things that may compromise your shoulder:

• Muscle imbalances – having strong, well developed chest, anterior deltoids while neglecting your rear delts, lats, upper and lower traps.
• Too much bench pressing or faulty bench pressing technique
• Repetitive stress injuries ( this goes beyond sports / workout – and may include job related functions)
• Wide grip chins and lat pulldowns – I hurt my shoulder doing weighted wide grip chins about three years ago – now I can barely do five wide chins with just my body weight and I always feel very loose in my injured shoulder when doing this exercise.

Great Shoulder Exercise You can do at Home

Shoulder exercises don’t always have to involve heavy weights, exercise tubing or going to the gym.  Here is a great shoulder development exercise that not only strengthens the entire shoulder complex, but also develops your core muscles.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.  You may also want to check out the Rotater for a shoulder tool you can use at home to increase your shoulder performance.

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