Hi Anoop,

I currently am interested in proper exercise form. Not that i a jerk around like an idiot, but i think everything can be optimized.

Have you ever thought of starting a series bout proper exercise technique?

There are lots of sides, but also exerx.net only touches proper execution quite briefly and not in depth.

Have you ever thought about this?

Btw. to beginn with: Recently a physiotherapist at the gym came to me and criticised my form on dumbbel shoulder presses. My elbows are not in line with my wrists and shoulders. So the forearm moves forwards. I never paid that close attention to this.

Is this really so bad? I tried to correct my form but but when I try to keep the line during the presses now it feels like a damn stretching exercise. It doesn´t hurt but is damn uncomfortable. Also i cannot move any serious weight because I always concentrate to push my elbows to the front and keep the forearm stable to keep the line.

I never had any shoulder injury in 10 years when pressing my way.

What happens when I keep it?Every body structure is different. My expertise lies more in training theory as you know.
Thank you.

I think that better post your exercise video, and we check.

I agree with Anatoly. It is really time consuming to shoot a video and such. If I ever do it, I will probably make it a membership based site like many others do.

I think, I can shoot some exercises and post the video here.

i understand.

Well my elbows are not under the dumbbells, they are behind them.So I push not vertical straight upward.

I currently started rotator cuff exericises but its quite annoying.

BTW. Yesterday I was at the gym on the pulldown with v handle and the physiotherapist crossed my way again.

He said I should bring the shoulders forward on the excentric (shrug/shoulders touching ear)before pushing back.
I thought this to be harmful for the rotator cuff?
I tried it and somehow my traps hurt today. Also since yesterday there are strange noises (grummling)when I move my rotator cuff.

Perhaps I meet him again tonight…

How do you think a Physiotherapist makes a living? ha ha

=)

So whats up with his advices Annop? Am I really training like a jerk from what i have written?

H Flow,

Not sure if I understand your question well. What do you mean by a v handle.Is it a regular lat pulldown handle or a bar which looks like the letter ‘v’?

Hi Anoop:

Thank you. To clarify a bit:

V handle pulldown:
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/LatissimusDorsi/CBCloseGripPulldown.html

-Here the therapist suggests to lean backward and hold this position (because I have so long arms)
-I should hold the handle more at the end to work the deeper lat muscles (WTF?)
-At the excentric I should shrug up the shoulders to get a full lat stretch. Like the gentleman in the video
-At the end of the concentric the bar touches my chest. Here he suggest to make a small crunch. I think that is suggested for a peak contraction.

Shoulder Press with dumbbells:

I used to do them quite close grip which means my forearms were NOT perpindicular to the floor and the dumbbels touched my shoulder. I have taken advantage of my triceps via this.

He also corrected it:

-Dumbbell only lowered to ear level and forearms perpendicular to the floor. Also elbow under the dumbbell.
In my case the flexibility is not given. To see what I mean:

http://www.fitstep.com/fitness-equipment-reviews/equipment-articles/unique-exercises-on-machines.htm

Scroll down a bit.

In this pic the elbows of the gentleman are slightly BEHIND the dumbbels. Its more exaggerated in my case. Is that really so bad? I try to correct it, but as mentioned it is really uncomfortable and feels like a strong stretch in the shoulder.

Hi Flow,

I usually tell people to get a good stretch, squeeze the muscle when you contract them and so forth. I just don’t worry too much about it though.

In shoulder press, you only get the full stretch if you bring the dumbells way below ear level. You can still feel the shoulders stretching if you lower the dumbell below your ears.

And honestly you are just worrying too much about little stuff. A simple rule of thumb is ff you are feeling the muscle that you are working, you are doing it right. And this might be a bit different for different people.

ah ok.

I just wonder if I do some exercises completely wrong. Like the dumbbell shoulder Press i mentioned.
Is it really that awful when the elbows are behind the weight?

With the other exercises I have no problem regarding my felxibility though.