the rotator cuff is a series of muscles wrapping around and under your shoulder. some of them are responsible for internal rotation of the shoulder and they tend to get very tight as you do lots of bench, raises, overhead press, pushups etc. the tighter they get the more they pull the head of your humerus up which causes shoulder impingement where there is not enough room for the arm to be lifted up without tendons scraping against each other in the actual shoulder joint. training external rotation directly helps prevent this
Why does my left shoulder hurt when I'm coming down from the top of a chin up? Is it my rotator cuff? As soon as I hit like 90 with my elbows on the way down it's like something tenses up and binds.
In addition to what anon said about the rotator cuff face-pulls make the rear delt and rhomboids stronger which counter the front delt and pec minor in pulling the shoulders forward. Face pulls can help fix rounded shoulders by pulling them back.
they train muscles which most gym goers neglect. Same reason you train your calves and side delts directly, because your other exercises likely wont be enough for them.
jesus what grotesque ethnicity is that
Amerimutt. Most likely from commiefornia
American
they reinforce good posture and keep your rotator cuff from tightening too much on its internally rotating half
>keep your rotator cuff from tightening too much on its internally rotating half
Wdym?
the rotator cuff is a series of muscles wrapping around and under your shoulder. some of them are responsible for internal rotation of the shoulder and they tend to get very tight as you do lots of bench, raises, overhead press, pushups etc. the tighter they get the more they pull the head of your humerus up which causes shoulder impingement where there is not enough room for the arm to be lifted up without tendons scraping against each other in the actual shoulder joint. training external rotation directly helps prevent this
Why does my left shoulder hurt when I'm coming down from the top of a chin up? Is it my rotator cuff? As soon as I hit like 90 with my elbows on the way down it's like something tenses up and binds.
I meant pull up
In addition to what anon said about the rotator cuff face-pulls make the rear delt and rhomboids stronger which counter the front delt and pec minor in pulling the shoulders forward. Face pulls can help fix rounded shoulders by pulling them back.
they train muscles which most gym goers neglect. Same reason you train your calves and side delts directly, because your other exercises likely wont be enough for them.
Should I do facepulls on back/bicep day or chest/shoulder day?
do face pulls on your pull day
I don't have a pull day, I have climbing days, cardio/leg/mobility days, back/bicep days and chest/shoulder/tricep days.
I do facepulls at the end of both my back/bis and chest/shoulder/tricep days
they are terrible for my shoulders, rear delt flys and improve mobility elsewhere
Starting out I used the fly machine to train rear delts and could never get a good pump. These are what finally made me "feel" the muscle.
They're useless unless you use double ropes. Same with tricep pushdowns (unless u are doing single armed ones)
>motion is useless unless you specifically do it with this very insignificant alteration
Kek, it's the 7 reps chart all over again
With single rope there usually isn't enough space to externally rotate your shoulders
This. Really they should be done with your forearms at 90 degrees to your arm
I don’t feel these in my rear delts, I feel them in like my traps and triceps.
Then you're not externally rotating your shoulders properly
Will this reverse my curled shoulders?
yes, but unfortunately it will not fix your homosexuality.