The rotator
cuff muscles work to stabilize the shoulder and this takes pressure off the shoulder area and improves function and athletic performance.
Not exact matches
When performing
cuff exercises, athletes should feel their
muscles working, but should stop prior to fatigue burn.
Crossover Symmetry's
muscle activation program does a great job of activating both rotator
cuff and scapula stabilizers without
working these
muscles to the point of fatigue.
Biceps tendinitis (painful inflammation of the biceps tendon) and shoulder instability, in which structures that surround the shoulder joint do not
work to maintain the ball within its socket, can all result from fatigue and weakness of the rotator
cuff and
muscles surrounding the shoulder blade.
>> Use bands to isolate the individual rotator
cuff muscles to make sure they are all firing and one isn't doing less
work than others.
Besides
working the anterior delts, the exercise also requires the activation of a number of stabilizing
muscles such as the trapezius, erector spinae, biceps, rotator
cuff and serratus anterior.
An over reliance on pressing movements can unbalance the deep rotator
cuff muscles but again, we'll make sure we balance your shoulders and
work to prevent this happening to you.
If your primary objective is increasing your back's width, go for wide - grip lat pull - downs, as they better stimulate the teres major and upper - lat fibers, in addition to
working the biceps, forearms, triceps, rotator
cuff muscles and posterior deltoids.
In order to have properly
working rotator
cuff muscles, proper scapula thoracic motion must be established in order to maintain the correct length - tension ratio of the rotator
cuff muscles.
Remember, both the rotator
cuff muscles and the deltoids will be
worked during any upper body movement.
When you lift your arms straight out to your sides, the middle (lateral) and rear deltoids
work hard, along with the supraspinatus, one of the four rotator
cuff muscles, which lies beneath the deltoid.
But look at it this way: if you do rotator -
cuff exercises, a few years down the road you will still be able to do heavy chest, back, shoulder and arm
work, whereas those who did not strengthen their inner shoulders will be using pansy - ass weights trying in vain to save whatever
muscle they already built.
The rotator
cuff muscles all have individual actions, but they
work together to dynamically stabilize the shoulder.