Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
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Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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bill1975
bill1975
Posts: 5
Joined: 2008/01/08
Canada
2008/03/09, 12:30 PM
I've joined the gym about 4 months ago now and love it and i have been making progress in all areas except shoulders. Also i find when i do some shoulder exercises my shoulder will pop with every rep...is this because of the lack of muscle in that area or is this going to go away over time?

thanks in advance any info is appreciated.
Bill
returnofplex
returnofplex
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Joined: 2007/10/26
United States
2008/03/11, 05:31 PM
what exercises are you having trouble with? Maybe slightly reducing your range of movement might help at first. Could be you are just going too heavy.
Speeder
Speeder
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Joined: 2003/03/14
Canada
2008/03/12, 08:42 AM


Any shoulder injuries in your past?
bill1975
bill1975
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Canada
2008/03/12, 08:46 AM
Nope...no injuries in the past. My knees and shoulders always seem to crack with almost every rep i do when i'm doing legs and shoulders. Does anyone know why this seems to happen? Thanks for you responses.

I have been doing one arm cable pulls, bushwackers and standing presses for the shoulders


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Any shoulder injuries in your past?
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Speeder
Speeder
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2008/03/12, 09:11 AM


Well I'm not sure what bushwackers are, but doesn't sound like your hitting your shoulders very hard, which could be why you aren't seeing alot of gains there. Leave the cables alone, and grab on to some Free weights, barbell and Dumbbells........

Here are some exercises I feel are good for putting on some mass:

- Military press
- Upright rows
- Lat raises, front and side(with Dumbbells)

Also don't neglect your Traps, or rear delts. At my gym alot of people use the Fly machine, but in an inverse way, to target Rear Delts.
conan_0822
conan_0822
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United States
2008/03/12, 10:07 PM
I had some issues with joints for most of my adult life. Glucosamine has helped me tremendously!!
bill1975
bill1975
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Joined: 2008/01/08
Canada
2008/03/12, 08:22 PM
Thanks for the input...i will give those exercises a try.