always looking for shoulder exercises that work

Never had much luck with my shoulders. Always felt worse from pressing, alt raises, reverse raising, shrugs, etc. Found the y t w l exercise, but disappointed that it uses the same pointless posture of a cobra. Any exercise that contracts the torso backwards does not improve posture. If you are unlucky you end up looking weird when your torso is upright and abnormally bowing backwards. Then your neck aches as it tries to balance out bad posture with the opposing effects of a silly exercise. Luckily this guy pointed out, just do it 1 arm at a time.

http://www.mikereinold.com/2011/05/why-i-do-not-like-ytwl-shoulder-exercises.htmlq

Amazing how useless all gym bodybuilding and gymnastics exercises have been.

See my next post for on rows for a variation that might make this redundant.


EDIT: this guy might know what he's talking about for that elusive shoulder exercises that makes you feel better.

http://www.fitnesseducationseminars.com/free-videos/shoulder-exercises

Do your exercises really make you a better player?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OIxATkCWQ4

Near the end a gymnast is not just jumping but back flipping for reps over distance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33pqu-zRas

Lindford Christie jumping and hopping typical of modern athletics. Internet rumored to have squatted 700lbs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHc2z5cfxn0

A 170lb man lifts over double bodyweight over his head.

If jumping and power style lifting really makes faster runners, why don't gymnasts do better at athletics? If fast twitch power muscle is the holy grail wouldn't an Olympic lifter win everything? Ben Johnson did no jumping. And Carl Lewis showed little sign of weightlifting. But both took drugs. My point is, do exercises really do what we believe? Or do we copy the exercises of people who would succeed regardless.