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Keeping your shoulders healthy is a high priority for anybody interested in strength, muscle or athletics.

If your shoulders are messed up, it's going to compromise almost every upper body movement you do... even lower body exercises like squats and deadlifts.

That's where this simple exercise is useful for strengthening the rotator cuff and upper back muscles that stabilize the shoulder joint.

I call it a Seated Barbell Pull-Apart.

It can be used for rehab, for strength building or as a warm-up before performing upper body movements.

If you have shoulder issues, this one can definitely help. I find the seated position allow for much better control of the tension and loading than a regular band or cable pull-apart.

If you feel any pain along the way, you can use your core to take up the tension so that you can bypass where the pain is in the range of motion, allowing you to still strengthen the rotator cuff.

The video is VERY helpful for this one.

Nick Nilsson
The Mad Scientist of Muscle

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