Rotator Cuff Exercises (TOP 5 MYTHS!)

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Step by step workout plan here - http://athleanx.com/x/full-plan Subscribe to this channel here - http://bit.ly/2b0coMW Rotator cuff exercises and the rotator cuff muscles in general, are some of the most misunderstood in the body. In this video, I am going to show you the top 5 myths when it comes to the rotator cuff and the exercises that you are or are not doing for it right now. As a physical therapist for pro athletes, I can definitely vouch for the importance of the cuff. That said, I feel it is the most overlooked area when it comes to training and this must be changed. To begin with, many people mistake the rotator cuff for a single muscle. It is not. In fact, the cuff is made up of 4 muscles. Three of these externally rotate the shoulder while the last internally rotates the shoulder. This is important because most of our training is devoid of exercises that properly externally rotate the shoulder and the imbalance that results is leaning to a lot of shoulder injuries. The second myth is that you need to train the entire rotator cuff. This is not true. Based on what I just said, the internal rotation function of the shoulder is more than adequately handled by the contributions of the lats and pecs to internally rotating the joint. Throw in more direct rotation exercises and you are just furthering the imbalance that already exists and is causing your shoulder to be disfunctional in the first place. That said, you would ignore the subscapularis directly

Published 2016-12-21 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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