Training for the posterior shoulder blade muscles
Often you (or at least I) see people doing this exercise at the beginning of their shoulder/upper body workout… I assume the goal is to train the rotator cuff with it.
Unfortunately, this does not happen with this execution of the exercise! You do external rotation in the shoulder joint – but the dumbbell pulls your elbow into extension. Your biceps must therefore hold against it to keep your forearm parallel to the floor. If you want to train the muscles that make external rotation in the shoulder joint (supraspinatus and infraspinatus), the weight must pull your arm in the direction of internal rotation.
1️⃣ Option 1:
Same as in the video, but on the cable pull (the cable comes from the inside).
2️⃣ Option 2:
With dumbbells, but then different body position!
You can see two starting positions for this in the video.
❣️Um but to train your rotator cuff, you can also just do side raises and don’t have to do rotational movements- Keep it simple 😊❣️
