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Joni, I'm right there with you on wanting to change my workouts so I have less pain and stiffness! |
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10-03-19, 07:12 AM | ||
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Location: South Carolina
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10-03-19, 09:17 AM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
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This is what I do. And I rarely do front raises. I usually substitute rear delt flyes, because I think most video instructors overwork the front of the shoulder at the expense of the rear of the shoulder.
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10-03-19, 11:17 AM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: NH
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When I was being mentored for my Medical Exercise Specialist Certification the Physical Therapist who was mentoring me told me that doing overhead presses and anterior raises with palms facing each other and lateral raises with palms front and slightly forward rather than directly side decreases the chances of impingement. For years I taught them that way cautioning patients not to lift into pain and no one was injured - no one! Another key was choosing an appropriate weight, which sometimes was initially no weight! My oldest patient was 98, used 3# weights and had beautiful form. I want to be him when I grow up.
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10-03-19, 11:58 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: CT
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It seems like eons ago that there was much or recurrent discussion here about risky exercises, or risky ways of doing some standard exercises, among which were upright rows, the needlessness of front raises, and that overhead presses or anything overhead should be kept within one's peripheral vision. So those were things I learned early on, thanks to VF.
It is so weird to see so many video instructors making a point to turn one's palms out/thumbs down/"empty can" for lateral raises "so as safeguard one's shoulders" when it should be the opposite. I see even PT's in books and videos doing this. And yes, they all seem to love upright rows. Crazy.
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10-03-19, 02:18 PM | |
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
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I'm only 60, but I haven't had to back off much. But I do increase the rest periods frequently. And I usually recognize the signs that scream 'you should stop now' and am getting much better at heeding them. I plan to lift as heavy as long as I can to help with my bone density. It's probably my biggest risk factor for being debilitated in chronic pain when I get older.
It's when I haven't been strength training that my old injuries become nagging and chronic pains. Lat pulls are a magic bullet for my upper back pain. Leg extensions make my knee pain disappear the next day. And the less upper body work I do, the less it takes to aggravate the neck and shoulder.
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