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18/05/2026 6:41 am
The thread about Tommy's unfortunate injury had me thinking about protective exercises for the shoulders, and wondering what does everyone else here do?
I've been using one of my "off" days to do some low-impact drills, namely: empty cans, full cans, and lateral & medial humeral rotations. No idea if any of this is helping, but figure it's better safe than sorry.
18/05/2026 7:02 am
Not an exercise but:
Switch barbell bench for dumbbells - it seems like 3 out of 4 of the guys with shoulder injuries got them from barbell benching.
18/05/2026 7:31 am
Quit barbell benching and pressing especially behind the head.
Use Smith machine for any barbell shoulder press if possible.
I warm mine up before every workout and have zero trouble when
I used to have a ton.
5 pounds arm 90 degrees from body and elbow 90 degrees
from arm pointing towards ground. Rotate upwards till it stops
15 reps or so both sides. Really trying to stretch the tendons to
make them less prone to injury.
Same weight arm in front elbow at 90 rotate outward for same reps both sides.
Remember to really stretch out the shoulder tendons. Do it every workout
and have no trouble now. Takes hardly any time.
I'll warm up triceps a lot before too sometimes if they are acting up.
Mainly dropping barbell and flat bench altogether did wonders for me.
18/05/2026 7:47 am
Quit barbell benching and pressing especially behind the head.
Use Smith machine for any barbell shoulder press if possible.
I warm mine up before every workout and have zero trouble when
I used to have a ton.5 pounds arm 90 degrees from body and elbow 90 degrees
from arm pointing towards ground. Rotate upwards till it stops
15 reps or so both sides. Really trying to stretch the tendons to
make them less prone to injury.Same weight arm in front elbow at 90 rotate outward for same reps both sides.
Remember to really stretch out the shoulder tendons. Do it every workout
and have no trouble now. Takes hardly any time.I'll warm up triceps a lot before too sometimes if they are acting up.
Mainly dropping barbell and flat bench altogether did wonders for me.
great suggestion
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Topic starter
18/05/2026 8:51 am
Not an exercise but:
Switch barbell bench for dumbbells - it seems like 3 out of 4 of the guys with shoulder injuries got them from barbell benching.
I've been using a machine for my "decline" press, mainly to spend less time waiting for the crowded free-weight area to clear up, and come to think of it even the machine is aggravating one of my shoulders. It might be the same risky mechanics as the barbell on a bench. I'll switch to a proper decline bench using dumbbells and see how it feels.
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