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Old 07-31-2005, 04:11 PM
EricT EricT is offline
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Sorry, I got to this thread a little late.

I think sometimes part of the problem is sticking with some excercise, wholeheartedly, because that's what everybody uses, or that's what you were told. That's the best. Here's the dogma, the sacred cow, and you must not deviate from it.

I had a big problem with my shoulders for years. I always did military presses. I never improved, no matter what varitation I used in my routine. Just like you, I would have this sudden failure. I would of course use other excercises, too, but the press was my core and I stuck to it because that was what I had been taught was THE best excercise.

I'm not saying that the shoulder press is not a great excercise, or any other excercise, if it works for you. Other people make sacred cows of other shoulder excercises, for me it was the press. And for years my shoulders never grew. I couldn't improve for some unknown reason.

I thought there was something wrong with my shoulders but as soon as I gave up the press and started experimenting with different excercises I found out quickly what works for me and my shoulders started blowing up right away.

I'm not gonna try to tell you: do this, this is what works, because it may not work. Wer'e all different. They're are variables. I considered with the shoulder press whether it was other muscles that were failing. Was it my biceps? Was it my traps? Should I do extra work on them? I tried that too. Didn't work. But that doesn't mean it's not the problem you're having, with whatever shoulder excercise you doing.

You have to be a creative, thinking individual, and use others experiences as signposts to the truth, not THE truth.

i would suggest going through the list of different shoulder excercises a trying different combos, sticking to them long enough to know if you are improving. You know what's happening to your body better than anyone else.

It may turn out that you have a shoulder problem, but most obstacles can be overcome with creativity. Even within a certain excercise, there is not just one way to do it. It is the way that works for you. An excercise is just a concept. You can say, if I do it this way, it is better for my goals, and I am still being true to the concept.

Then, the only rule is: be safe, use common sense, and do what works for you. And if you want a sacred cow, buy a book.
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