Correcting muscle imbalances should be a primary goal when designing strength training programs. For most individuals, a significant discrepancy exists between the shoulder internal and external rotators. Simply put, we do far too much internal rotation in daily activities—and especially during exercise—and not nearly enough external rotation. You should address that in your programs. Think…
This exercise is named after Jerry Telle, an exercise scientist out of Colorado. Think of the regular side-lying dumbbell external rotation, but instead of moving the weight around your body, you move your body around the weight! By keeping the forearm parallel to the ground and rolling your body forward and backward, maximum overload can…
The typical side-lying dumbbell external rotation overloads the middle of the range. If you use a resistance tube, it overloads the end range. But there’s a way to overload the start range. I learned this from shoulder specialist Dr. Dale Buchberger, so I coined it the Buchberger External Rotation. Simply lean back while performing a…