I only get to the gym two or three times a week, and when I get in I do total body style training with compound movements.
When I work out I don’t train middle and anterior delts, because I’m a garbage man, and on a random night my partner and I will pick up 8-12 tons a night. So I get plenty of GPP at work, and sore shoulders.
I would like to work a little more on my pec minor, but I’m afraid of burning out my anterior delts. Am I being too cautious? Are there any excercises that can train the pec minor without hitting the front delts?
Probably would be a good idea to add military press and bent over laterals for the middle and back shoulder though. I assume you throw garbage and push a lot, so you need to balance out the front with the back and the middle, and perhaps do some external and internal rotation.
The pec minor can be worked with straight arm pullovers. Lay on a bench and grasp a dumbell in both hands. Lower it back behind your head with straight arms. Raise it back up, but only to 45 degrees. That move was in this article… http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459427
[quote]ill wrote:
Probably would be a good idea to add military press and bent over laterals for the middle and back shoulder though. I assume you throw garbage and push a lot, so you need to balance out the front with the back and the middle, and perhaps do some external and internal rotation.[/quote]
You’re absolutely right. I train my rotator cuffs, because a lot of guys retire with them all torn up.
[quote]ocn2000 wrote:
The pec minor can be worked with straight arm pullovers. Lay on a bench and grasp a dumbell in both hands. Lower it back behind your head with straight arms. Raise it back up, but only to 45 degrees. That move was in this article… http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459427[/quote]
[quote]Lou Garu wrote:
ocn2000 wrote:
The pec minor can be worked with straight arm pullovers. Lay on a bench and grasp a dumbell in both hands. Lower it back behind your head with straight arms. Raise it back up, but only to 45 degrees. That move was in this article… http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459427
This article is good! Thank you![/quote]
I actually like these with the cable machine standing bent over or you could use the low pulley and bring a bench. You get a constant load with the cable syatme as opposed to the DB and get a nice stretch that has actually been helping reahb my shoulder and getting that ROM back plus some.