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So as having just recently I've severely injured my rotator cuff I've learned two things.
1. Not lifting heavy weights doesn't mean less risk by any means.
2. If you're doing an exercise with an extreme range of motion... don't.
I enjoy nearly every athletic activity you can think of, rock climbing as well. So to improve my climbing abilities I began doing what you would call a dead pull up. I would have a 25 lbs around my waist and hang, a dead hang for 10 second solid, while both improving my grip and tensing and stretching my should back and bi's. Then with one forceful motion I would do a fast and powerful pull up, then lower back down to a hang. I was doing 3 set of 10, 10 second reps. Needless to say that extra stress coupled with other activities killed my cuff. My Specialist broke it down to me very simply, "No matter how strong u get or how big and or dense your muscle fibers become, no matter how much endurance you have (i was up to 33 pull-ups in 1 set) you're tendons and ligaments aka my rotator cuff will never grow or strengthen to the ratio that your muscles will."
so lesson be learned, no matter how fit you get, injury can be just around the corner
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