Shoulder Work

[Mar]

Hi Cathe,

I have a question about shoulder work. I have arthritis in my neck on the left side. When I do front raises and side raises, my left side feels some impingement. This only happens when I raise both arms simultaneously. Last night I experimented with pyramid shoulders and found that if I raise arms one at a time I can do more reps with higher weight (5,8,10 DB) and it's much more comfortable - no twinges at all. Am I still getting the same benefit if I do them that way?

Thanks for your help!

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[kathryn]

Absolutely! Even more, in fact, if you have no pain during the movement.

 

[red_mct]

I also caught part of a show last night on FitTV where a trainer was talking about working with dumbbells and how it promotes a harder core because you are working harder to stabilize yourself (than if you were working with a barbell or I imagine even when you are lifting two dumbbells). I am not sure how true that is, but it seems to make sense.

Marie