Hey Friend,
It's your muscle building coach Lee Hayward here with a brand new video that is a "must watch" - because it can save you a lot of potential frustration and set backs with your workouts...
The most common injury in the gym is a shoulder injury. In fact, I'm willing to bet that ALL lifters have (or will) hurt their shoulders to some degree or another at some point in their training. Whether it's a full blow muscle or tendon tear... Or just some minor aches, pains, and strains in the shoulders or rotator cuff muscles. There are 2 primary root causes for shoulder injuries and rotator cuff problems... # 1 - Not Warming Up Properly Prior To Working Out. # 2 - A Muscle Imbalance Where The Front Deltoids Are Over Developed Compared To The Rear Deltoids. Often times you'll see guys doing a lot of work for the front delts with bench presses, dips, overhead pressing, shoulder presses, tricep work, etc. without doing any specific isolation work for the rear delts. Overtime this uneven development will eventually lead to an injury. Usually it's only a minor strain, but sometimes it can become a full blown tear in the rotator cuff muscles or tendons, which can take weeks or months to heal, sometimes even requiring surgery if the tendons are torn. Needless to say, if you can't properly move your shoulders, that's going to have a major impact to ALL of your workouts in the gym. That's why it's absolutely critical that you take care of your shoulders and keep them healthy. |
