I strongly recommend to use it as careful as possible. As a person who injured shoulders with these exercises i wanna alert you guys, once you get an injury like this you are done. It is gonna be with you for the rest of your life and it js NOT gonna "stay quiet". Our shoulder structure is not the same. If someone can do this it doesn't mean you can do it too. Follow your feelings in a training process and if you feel it hurts even a bit you either stop doing it or maybe try to change something like range of motion, position etc Stay strong and healthy 💪
Structure is the same proportions are what's different, which changes the range of motion, the movements are still possible and good to train but your range of motion must fit it.
Not entirely true. Had a labral tear and got surgery. Fast forward 2 yrs and i am able to do 30+ dead hang pull ups throughout the day as well as weighted dips.
Almost happened with me, but I got lucky. Watching this video with shoulder pain, bye bye training for month now. Still recovering, can't even sleep on my left side, can't do even one push-up. I hope you fully recovered
I almost teared my right rotator Friday it's healing rn but I'm scared I won't be able to lift as heavy anymore, any advice? Story time: me and my gymbro was training chest and after benching both new PRs we went on the inclined db press and I felt like me shoulder was gonna gave out and I still decided to take heavy weight thinking I* was gonna be alright, shoulder rolled backwards and my arm (with a 50lbs dumbell) fell backwards. I got lucky I didn't teared any muscles but I just partially teared my rotator cuff
@@arackelianarsen Athlean-X is a joke, watching him is killing your gains. He isn't a doctor, has no qualifications whatsoever, he just repeats old myths about "X exercise is bad and will cause shoulder impegement" without any research to back it up. He's basically a midget with relatively little muscle mass, who only look good on camera because he's on steroids and lean with 11% bodyfat year round, lifting fake styrofoam plates in his videos. Most disgusting fitness youtuber i have ever seen.
that's what I say, I don't have any words to describe this dude..... I mean, he's so incredibly hot strong, fearless, I'm that flexible just like him and I stretched, and I weight just like him....✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🌈🌈🌈💖💖💙💖💖👅👅... I feel incredible...... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....👅👅👅✨✨✨✨✨
The worst thing to keep in mind is that most of us had full range of motion as kids and we were able to do some crazy things with no injury. I remember, for example, at 8 I used to show my classmates how I join my hands behind my back and bring them in the front of my body while remaining joined. I tried this a last month (after years of lifting and almost 0 stretching) and i couldn't bring my arms (hands joined) at more than 20 degrees....At age 8 I could do 340 degrees..... You're so right.
I wasn't able to touch my ears with my biceps when putting my hand a straight up, because they wouldn't go straight up. I started doing these stretches where I lie down and put my bent arms flat on the ground and have slowly been able to do more and more!
This is why we should encourage the kids in our life to stay physically healthy. I’m sure if many of us had someone knowledgeable on these topics as we were growing up we would still have our full ranges of motion thanks to having maintained them
@@CHlEFFINim still an amateur in parkour but i think i have an idea what his injuries may be.I think he means joint injuries for example knees(capitations,sprains),shoulder or/and hip(bruises),ankles(sprains) also it can be wrists and elbows
@@CHlEFFIN tore both my AC ligs in my shoulders, broken bones in my wrists that didn’t quite heal right, broken tailbone, foot/heel pains, concussion damage and ultimately mild nerve damage on half my right side. Also have weird back pains and rib pains that I’m not really sure where they come from but I suspect I’ve cracked my spine and ribs a few too many times. You would never guess any of this from looking at me though, I’m still pretty capable athletically, I just haven’t been training the last 5 years since my last injury resulted in the nerve damage and a doctor warned me I’d eventually be too damaged to function normally if I kept it up.
As someone who’s dislocated both shoulders. That little flip he did at the beginning is amazing. I will probably never have that range of motion back without a surgery… but I will incorporate some of these workouts into my routine
Perhaps this gets you motivated: I dislocated my left shoulder 4 years ago. I did constant training (daily stretches in 30s sets for a max of 4 minutes a day). Then added strength training. At the moment I am able to do 3 wall handstand pushs ups for strength and can extend both shoulders in a 90° angle for stick shoulder extensions. I constantly get better result with stick shoulder dislocations and currently have my hands 80cms apart at a height of 183cm. Plus, I can hold the move he shows at the beginning (German Hang) for 35seconds and do dips the way he showed with weights. If you need a training plan for shoulder strength and mobility, let me know. NEVER GIVE UP!
@@uiigo8560 he doesn’t have a sleeper build their are some vids with him in a tanktop and he doesn’t look like he workouts at all his arms are small and dude is just flexible
@@slideman1249 yeah but he still requires a lot of strength, athleticism and body tension for the movements hes doing, thats my definition of a sleeper build, not looking tiny but actually being big, but rather being tiny but having strength and athleticism.
Important hint for anyone trying this: Depending on your anatomy, you will still be unable to have too much internal rotation with elevation. Some people will have a bone in the shoulder pressing down on be biceps and external rotators. You need to be able to differenciate that from regular pain through muscle fatigue, otherwise you might injure yourself.
@@jerm2332 you are a germ 🦠. Jk, I was joking, I agree with @Unnamed Unbekannt, the small flexible guy is close minded and popular, he thinks his frame allows him to understand all body’s. It’s not so
This guy is my new favorite source of health info. Like even when I was at my fittest when I rowed in high school but I didn’t even look remotely ripped unless I was physically doing something. But one thing I have always loved is just having functional strength. Like it just makes life easier. Like if I were to start working out again (hopefully I get better time management lmao) I’d want to mostly work out in ways that just make doing things easier this David does
I literally do those 2 rotator cuff exercises with a 5lb plate every time before i train shoulders. I cant stress enough how much this helps me. No more pain during my shoulder exercises and no more popping in my shoulders either. Everyone should do this imo!
I'm a overweight alcoholic that can do skin the cat and all those exercises and it doesn't really do much. Maybe my rotator cuff is good but idk I'm still unhealthy
Whatever exercises you end up choosing, the most important thing to remember is to START LIGHT. The rotator cuff consists of small muscles that are underworked by most people, so they are likely not going to be used to even moderate loads at the beginning. From my personal experience, I also recommend shooting for higher rep ranges to help reduce the risk of going too heavy.
@@kedr0n YES Do 20 sets of 1 rep each for rotator cuff and the other smaller upper back muscles. (Face pulls are great too) 20 sets of 1.. the reason I phrase it like that is because you want to use a lightweight and really focus on each rep and the mind muscle connection. It really is about stimulating not annihilating on a rotator cuff. So after each rep pause and then go again. Go slow, squeeze at the end and feel the contraction. LIGHT WEIGHT. You're really just trying to flex the muscle in their tiny bit of resistance but the main thing is just the flexing.
@Paul Cox probably not 1 rep, 2 would be better. We had to train ours in the MMA gym I went to for around 6 years, for obvious reasons. 1 rep will take way way way longer to improve with, and is harder to really perfect the movements. 2 doesn't increase your risk of injury, and allows slightly lower weights.
I am 40 now. I did nothing to protect my rotator cuffs except workout with free weights and some occasional stretching. I tore one at 23 and again at 39. I really encourage everyone to follow his advice and routines for longevity and good health.
@@Kidslurpitallit doesnt cover everything but it covers everything that people dont train nowadays . Hes just saying no one does internal external rotation exercises unless they are injured in the shoulder trying to fix them. Do these as well as with normals shoulder exercises. Ie presses raises > all 3 dirrections etc
@@LOLLYPOPPEstop being an asshole. When he said "rotator cuffs," I thought he was referring to one rotator cuff for EACH shoulder. As in "two cuffs total." Not all of us just have anatomical knowledge on deck 🙄
I’ve been working on my rotator cuffs because I play water polo and need the range of motion with the ball, and you really notice the difference in day to day living.
@@InappropriateShortsin a time like now? Over 40 years when I’m old I can have VR porn with haptic feedback and crazy stuff like that. Why would I wanna die now? Just keep mobile and engaged, easy as that.
Knees over toes guy is also insufferable. I like their message and training videos. But how they deliver it in their video style is just so weird to me. They seem like fake people is the best way I can put it. Like robots and not real people.
@@tucfang2577 Lmao i get what you mean. He is doing the movement the whole time, speaking in between breaths and grunts, not really explaining it too well, and has to bring up his knee surgery history. really is a little strange lol
Because they are easy to hurt....and take forever to heal...and are difficult to heal fully. I would only target them if you know what you are doing ...and are patient AF.
@juancgonzalez2102 all those little stabilizer muscles take the longest to develop its where "old man strength" comes from. Also after you work those out you are done with your gym time. Can't bench with tired shoulders...or do any compound movements. It's a patient man's game for sure.
@@miniweeddeerz1820 235 for someone who admits to not training in body building terms is extremely impressive for a day 1 PR. And strength isn't something to limit to linear progression through lifts. There's things gymbros cannot do compared to strict calisthenics practioneers. And vice versa. David is safe and strong in ranges of motion a majority of lifters cannot reach.
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I injured my rotator cuff a while back while playing tennis because I took a month break and went straight back into it with full force. I now do rotator cuff exercises and stretches every time before I go to play and my shoulders have gotten so much stronger.
@@MattGarcyaDC I went to a physical therapist and they gave me some stretches, so I would recommend doing that as well since they are tailored to your injury. I use a resistance band and do full stokes, backhand and forehand, and also do some shoulder rotation pulls, idk what they're called.
@hope. I don't have shoulder arthritis, it was just a rotator cuff injury without popping but yes, with pain at different angles. Also, I'm not any professional in these injuries and conditions so please ask a physical therapist or a doctor for exercises and treatment for that. Good luck, wish you fast relief:)
@hope. If I start playing tennis without a good 5 minutes of shoulder stretching, it bothers me a bit for the first half-hour or so, so yeah, sadly I don't think it fully goes away. However, it's so much better and I barely feel it. For context, I got injured about 4 years ago
Let me tell you people as someone who currently has a rotator cuff tear, be safe. They can be incredibly painful and annoying and are really expensive to get surgery for.
Ya not worth it. I used to jump off of stairs and cliffs and trucks and over fires and things when I was drunk 20 years ago. Plus I got MRSA in my knee. Plus I fell on dock plate and cut my knee open. And I'd skin my knees all time banging. And now they make crackling sounds sometimes but otherwise they're OK. Do you know what crackling sounds are? Ps I cut tip of my thumb off too and now it feels a little numb where tip was ugh
I went through physical therapy after having surgery for a torn labrum and they told me the exact same thing, and gave me the same exercises to do in order to improve my shoulder mobility post surgery
Just to educate the misinformed. Your rotator cuff is the group of scapular muscles located on your back with insertions in the front by your humeral joint. It's not your deltoids.
actually the subscapularis is anterior on the scapula inserting on the humerus. the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor are posterior originating on the humerus and inserting on/near the greater tubercle of the humerus which is posterolateral.
@@ssg3legssan no shit. that’s what training is for. But compared to most people who haven’t trained … he’d be good. It’s not rocket science. relative strength and flexibility are very important in Jiu jitsu.
@@deadringer-cultofdeathratt8813 i get that but i’m just saying i’ve played multiple sports and some people would make you think they’d be athletic enough to excel at a sport but they turn out to be kinda bad at it or maybe not as good as they were in whatever type of sport / athletic ability they were good at
As a pitcher in baseball we would do a lot of work on our rotator cuffs cuz that was the most injury prone areas and it helps us get a bit more speed on our pitches
Check out kneesovertoesguy. He’s also really good and talks about this stuff. He also has a philosophy of only doing weighted stretch exercises for flexibility
The Bible is truth. To understand that you must do the inner work Jesus Christ taught. It all starts in the heart. Everything is about Love. Start with forgiveness. Parents are easiest, they’ve loved you. Working though your issues there as an adult and genuinely forgiving them is an important milestone. Only you can do this work. You must personally look inside to find what I mean. To be forgiven we must forgive. If you can’t forgive people who’ve loved you, who? Nobody. That’s the truth. Refusing to look inside or rejecting that there’s anything that needs worked on is the same as not doing it. It’s a spiritual thing. Just be genuine. If there’s truly nothing there, it should be easy to close your eyes take a breath and mean forgiveness inside. It’s extremely important. It shows faith. Faith isn’t belief. It’s actions bad on belief. Believing in Jesus Christ means putting his teaching into action in your daily life. You have to show God your faith though your actions. Forgiving our parents is actually an extremely important step of faith that God waits to see from us. He stays at arm’s length until you’ve put in the bare minimum amount of work he’s asked for, one mustard seed of faith. That mustard seed is these four steps in order done as an adult. It has to be as an adult btw. Anyone under 20 isn’t going to understand true temptation or how the world works. It’s important. Please trust me. These are those steps, literally the bare minimum effort mark to get into heaven. Forgive your parents, break down before Jesus Christ, ask for forgiveness, and read at least Genesis Mathew and one you chose yourself. Step one is actually key. It primes your soul for the rest. Step 3 cannot be completed correctly without step 1. Also, step 4 should be last. As steps 1-3 prime your soul in different ways so once you read those books God gives you revelations you otherwise wouldn’t get. I’m extremely serious. Jesus Christ is lord. Everyone can look inside their heart to find that truth. Those four steps will help you learn that for yourself if you do them. Please do them, Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.
20 pounds for IR/ER is absolutely bonkers to me as someone who's experienced shoulder issues lol. Working my way up with cables right now after starting back from 0. Staying consistent is the most important thing
have tendonitis on both of my shoulders. After that happened I started training my rotator cuffs a little for warmup. Shit helps a lot. I can feel that my shoulders are stadier than ever
I want Bob & Brad, the two most famous physical therapists on the internet, to review this and give their expert opinion, then I'll know if it really is safe or not
The hard thing about physical therapy is that it's not that obsessed with range of motion. My physical therapist trains master students (like university level physical therapy) and he honestly says the profession only cares about basic range of motion for being able to do the stuff that you need to do. What this flexy dude is doing isn't in the mainstream books. And until this is well researched it won't be. I had a university level class on anatomy and that dude basically said he never saw any scientific proof that stretching works and therefor never stretches himself. He also said he had shortened calve muscles and that he felt he had to mention that :-) I hope David from Flexy has some scientific sources but I think he's being the living proof, sort of like Wim Hof
Fr. On my heavy lifting months, 1 of the 6 workout days, is ALL shoulders (and maybe some light core/calf exercises, but not focused on). These include at LEAST 2 rotator cuff exercises, because I did some really stupid, and ego-filled lifting schedules in my early 20s, that left me injured for years, that I can still feel if I don't warm up and take my time properly.
This makes me think of my time on the tri level bars in elementary (we called them monkey bars even tho I think those are a diff thing). Attempting shit like this from 5' up that somehow never got me hurt...that I'd be fearful of as a grown adult.
Hallelujah brother! FINALLY someone explaining it to all those people who say "Bro, you can't go below 90 degrees, that's bad for your shoulders". Even when I tell them I trained gymnastics and that my shoulders are more flexible then theirs ever will be, they're still sceptical. My God, that's just so annoying....
@@YungL.i.X. I think he made some videos on this already. Check out his channel, as a former gymnast I can confirm that this guy knows what he's talking about.
Tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if they're more than skeptical considering you're insulting them. "My shoulders are more flexible than yours will ever be?" Wtf kinda person even says that as a flex 😭💀
I started bouldering about 6 months ago, as a replacement for going to the gym. It’s a lot more intense and dangerous than weightlifting and as much as I enjoy it I’m always worried about injuring myself. Your videos are not just helping me climb better, but climb safer, with more confidence in my body. Thanks.
Yea, I'm trying to get more flexible and correct my posture before it gets bad. We get so used to being in a bad position. As you get older, you stiffen up if you don't actively work against it. I've been doing pull-ups, push-ups, hanging from bars, trying to stretch hips and legs muscles. I'll definitely have to add some of these workouts.
I work for a PT clinic, while this is true you need to be EXTREMELY CAREFUL doing this kind of training. I would get your shoulders checked out before directly trying to train RC as sometimes people have damage there already and dont know it.
Man is the vsauce of workouts
he just needs to use the ominous ding when he rolls off at the end
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I can't love him more!
Monk energy right here.
He's the quiet kind of strong
He's literally a fucking influencer.
@@auraelbarkeater471 he does kind of remind me of a monk tho
@@auraelbarkeater471 cry more
@@auraelbarkeater471 he trying to influence you to get yo ass out of bed and train
He's DYEL levels of strong
I strongly recommend to use it as careful as possible. As a person who injured shoulders with these exercises i wanna alert you guys, once you get an injury like this you are done. It is gonna be with you for the rest of your life and it js NOT gonna "stay quiet".
Our shoulder structure is not the same. If someone can do this it doesn't mean you can do it too. Follow your feelings in a training process and if you feel it hurts even a bit you either stop doing it or maybe try to change something like range of motion, position etc
Stay strong and healthy 💪
Structure is the same proportions are what's different, which changes the range of motion, the movements are still possible and good to train but your range of motion must fit it.
Knee and shoulder injury are forever
Great advice
Not entirely true. Had a labral tear and got surgery. Fast forward 2 yrs and i am able to do 30+ dead hang pull ups throughout the day as well as weighted dips.
@@Xaero324 the lack of irritation from it doesn't mean it's gone, it just means it's properly supported now.
This man is the literal definition of "Return to Monke". You son of a gun, I'm in.
CZcams shorts redditor discord mod type humor. Shit was funny back in like 2019
@@wisforwinnerbut it gets likes cus mfs unfortunately still find this funny
@@nuhthanyewl CZcams shorts mfs. Wait till they find out about the dinosaurs
@@nuhthanyewleveryone loves monke
@@wisforwinnerhate how real that shit is
my guy out here really unlockin a new skill tree
This gave me flashbacks to Skyrim
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Rotator Cuff +2
Dying light 🤣🤣🤣
As someone who’s torn a rotator cuff, you don’t want to tear a rotator cuff. Couldn’t even lift the garage door for 6 months
Almost happened with me, but I got lucky. Watching this video with shoulder pain, bye bye training for month now. Still recovering, can't even sleep on my left side, can't do even one push-up. I hope you fully recovered
I almost teared my right rotator Friday it's healing rn but I'm scared I won't be able to lift as heavy anymore, any advice?
Story time: me and my gymbro was training chest and after benching both new PRs we went on the inclined db press and I felt like me shoulder was gonna gave out and I still decided to take heavy weight thinking I* was gonna be alright, shoulder rolled backwards and my arm (with a 50lbs dumbell) fell backwards. I got lucky I didn't teared any muscles but I just partially teared my rotator cuff
@@arackelianarsen Athlean-X is a joke, watching him is killing your gains. He isn't a doctor, has no qualifications whatsoever, he just repeats old myths about "X exercise is bad and will cause shoulder impegement" without any research to back it up. He's basically a midget with relatively little muscle mass, who only look good on camera because he's on steroids and lean with 11% bodyfat year round, lifting fake styrofoam plates in his videos. Most disgusting fitness youtuber i have ever seen.
@Giga Chad🏳️🌈⃠ dam bro, skip the gym and read a book. WTF IS TEARED?!?!?! You TORE it! Teared Is when water comes out of your fking eyes
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I dont even have words to describe this dude. He s so awesomely different. Man is a vibe
He's gay
I know I'm 5 months late but
1. He's married with a baby
2. I assume you are no older than 10@@mcdood1858
that's what I say, I don't have any words to describe this dude..... I mean, he's so incredibly hot strong, fearless, I'm that flexible just like him and I stretched, and I weight just like him....✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🌈🌈🌈💖💖💙💖💖👅👅... I feel incredible...... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....👅👅👅✨✨✨✨✨
The worst thing to keep in mind is that most of us had full range of motion as kids and we were able to do some crazy things with no injury.
I remember, for example, at 8 I used to show my classmates how I join my hands behind my back and bring them in the front of my body while remaining joined.
I tried this a last month (after years of lifting and almost 0 stretching) and i couldn't bring my arms (hands joined) at more than 20 degrees....At age 8 I could do 340 degrees.....
You're so right.
Wtf, I used to do the exact same thing as a kid!
I wasn't able to touch my ears with my biceps when putting my hand a straight up, because they wouldn't go straight up. I started doing these stretches where I lie down and put my bent arms flat on the ground and have slowly been able to do more and more!
This is why we should encourage the kids in our life to stay physically healthy. I’m sure if many of us had someone knowledgeable on these topics as we were growing up we would still have our full ranges of motion thanks to having maintained them
Every parkour enthusiast should do his work to not retire at 30 with permanently damaged joints.
True words.
Now 27 dealing with parkour injuries from my teens. Solid advice.
@@aaronlegend14 what injuries are you suffering from?
@@CHlEFFINim still an amateur in parkour but i think i have an idea what his injuries may be.I think he means joint injuries for example knees(capitations,sprains),shoulder or/and hip(bruises),ankles(sprains) also it can be wrists and elbows
@@CHlEFFIN tore both my AC ligs in my shoulders, broken bones in my wrists that didn’t quite heal right, broken tailbone, foot/heel pains, concussion damage and ultimately mild nerve damage on half my right side. Also have weird back pains and rib pains that I’m not really sure where they come from but I suspect I’ve cracked my spine and ribs a few too many times. You would never guess any of this from looking at me though, I’m still pretty capable athletically, I just haven’t been training the last 5 years since my last injury resulted in the nerve damage and a doctor warned me I’d eventually be too damaged to function normally if I kept it up.
Ugh, I am so un-flexy! Love your videos!
Just takes time and effort! You’ll get there!
@MovementbyDavid What is a good starting point? I'm so overwhelmed
@@Srcsqwrn He has free plans
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THE WAFFLE HOUSE HAS FOUND ITS NEW HOST
That initial jump grab spin just tore everything in my brain.
As someone who’s dislocated both shoulders. That little flip he did at the beginning is amazing. I will probably never have that range of motion back without a surgery… but I will incorporate some of these workouts into my routine
Nah. Start with some basic stretching and go to it according to its procedures
My friend tried to do it in gym class and broke his shoulder
may I ask how did you injured yourself?
Surgery will just make it worse my friend, start with baby steps and you’ll be amazed how far you can climb back. Our bodies are extremely resilient.
Perhaps this gets you motivated: I dislocated my left shoulder 4 years ago.
I did constant training (daily stretches in 30s sets for a max of 4 minutes a day). Then added strength training.
At the moment I am able to do 3 wall handstand pushs ups for strength and can extend both shoulders in a 90° angle for stick shoulder extensions. I constantly get better result with stick shoulder dislocations and currently have my hands 80cms apart at a height of 183cm.
Plus, I can hold the move he shows at the beginning (German Hang) for 35seconds and do dips the way he showed with weights.
If you need a training plan for shoulder strength and mobility, let me know.
NEVER GIVE UP!
You gotta meet that boy Hampton from hybrid calisthenics
That’s The most wholesome yt fitness duo in existence
Yeah they both should meet up
And pigme
Trueeee
Up
Dude's a ninja
Yeah and you dont even suspect it, he almost looks a bit like a nerd from the outside, bro definetly has that sleeper build going...
@@uiigo8560 he doesn’t have a sleeper build their are some vids with him in a tanktop and he doesn’t look like he workouts at all his arms are small and dude is just flexible
@@slideman1249 yeah but he still requires a lot of strength, athleticism and body tension for the movements hes doing, thats my definition of a sleeper build, not looking tiny but actually being big, but rather being tiny but having strength and athleticism.
@@uiigo8560 the less fat and muscle weight the easier full body movements are that’s why rock climbers are always tiny.
Ya but definitely not a doctor. I ain’t listening to medical advice from a child just cuz he’s bendy lol
It's amazing the strength and skill some people have that you wouldn't even know by looking at them. What a cool dude.
It's quiet physical strength which is strong self-confidence
That's what I realized when I went to a yoga class for the first time.
One of the best channels on here. Normalising functional training.
"Train internal rotation."
*Jeff Cavalier has entered the chat*
I searched for this comment....his name called to me.
"I F YOU ARE TRAINING ROTATION YOU ARE K I L L I N G
YOUR G A I N S"
- El Jefe Cavaliere
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BREATHING AIR MIGHT BE KILLING YOUR GAINS 🤦♂️🤣
Thinking about Jeff Cavalier is killing my gains
Important hint for anyone trying this: Depending on your anatomy, you will still be unable to have too much internal rotation with elevation. Some people will have a bone in the shoulder pressing down on be biceps and external rotators. You need to be able to differenciate that from regular pain through muscle fatigue, otherwise you might injure yourself.
And this guy is tiny of course he has more flexibility
I think I’ll just listen to the flexy guy, he sounds like he knows what he’s talking about, he’s even showing us things he can do
@@GRestores Why not both? Train your rotator cuffs, but if something comes up, change your course…?
@@jerm2332 you are a germ 🦠. Jk, I was joking, I agree with @Unnamed Unbekannt, the small flexible guy is close minded and popular, he thinks his frame allows him to understand all body’s. It’s not so
No pain no gain no excuses
This guy is my new favorite source of health info. Like even when I was at my fittest when I rowed in high school but I didn’t even look remotely ripped unless I was physically doing something. But one thing I have always loved is just having functional strength. Like it just makes life easier. Like if I were to start working out again (hopefully I get better time management lmao) I’d want to mostly work out in ways that just make doing things easier this David does
Just worked out and I’ve been feeling pain around my shoulders and I feel much better after trying this 🙌🙌🙌🙌 thank you
I literally do those 2 rotator cuff exercises with a 5lb plate every time before i train shoulders. I cant stress enough how much this helps me. No more pain during my shoulder exercises and no more popping in my shoulders either. Everyone should do this imo!
Any way you could describe or name those exercises?
I'm a overweight alcoholic that can do skin the cat and all those exercises and it doesn't really do much. Maybe my rotator cuff is good but idk I'm still unhealthy
@@Hann61669 Stop consuming alcohol and start a better diet.
@@YRO. Oh, hi nice that would be if one little reply could change man's life. Nice try tho, but not successful
@@user-rg3vh9hb5h I told him what he should do, the rest depends on him.
Do you have any tutorials/suggestions on how to safely start stretching and working out the rotator cuffs?
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Do the exercises he showed. External and internal rotation
Whatever exercises you end up choosing, the most important thing to remember is to START LIGHT. The rotator cuff consists of small muscles that are underworked by most people, so they are likely not going to be used to even moderate loads at the beginning. From my personal experience, I also recommend shooting for higher rep ranges to help reduce the risk of going too heavy.
@@kedr0n YES
Do 20 sets of 1 rep each for rotator cuff and the other smaller upper back muscles. (Face pulls are great too)
20 sets of 1.. the reason I phrase it like that is because you want to use a lightweight and really focus on each rep and the mind muscle connection. It really is about stimulating not annihilating on a rotator cuff.
So after each rep pause and then go again. Go slow, squeeze at the end and feel the contraction.
LIGHT WEIGHT. You're really just trying to flex the muscle in their tiny bit of resistance but the main thing is just the flexing.
@Paul Cox probably not 1 rep, 2 would be better.
We had to train ours in the MMA gym I went to for around 6 years, for obvious reasons. 1 rep will take way way way longer to improve with, and is harder to really perfect the movements. 2 doesn't increase your risk of injury, and allows slightly lower weights.
I am 40 now. I did nothing to protect my rotator cuffs except workout with free weights and some occasional stretching. I tore one at 23 and again at 39. I really encourage everyone to follow his advice and routines for longevity and good health.
Im 22 and just dislocated the shit outta my left arm. Dislocated my right arm when I was 16 wrestling… I now have zero good arms
Damn straight! An injury prone area only gets stronger by working into it!
FYI the Rotator cuff isn't just one muscle it's a group. It's Important to do a variety of movements to strengthen each one and the system as a whole!
Would you say each demonstration doesn’t work every muscle?
@@Kidslurpitallit doesnt cover everything but it covers everything that people dont train nowadays . Hes just saying no one does internal external rotation exercises unless they are injured in the shoulder trying to fix them.
Do these as well as with normals shoulder exercises. Ie presses raises > all 3 dirrections etc
The four muscles that make up the rotator cuff are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis.
The complexity of our bodies is a Supraphysiological marvel
Where’s your video James ?? Couch potato warrior
For those of you who don’t know. Your rotator cuff isn’t one thing, it’s a group of 4 muscles that help our arms rotate.
No shit, that’s why it’s callled rotator cuffS. Nobody ever said «rotator cuff» like you just did
@@LOLLYPOPPE fuck u i just learnt this. Thanks jackson🫡
@@LOLLYPOPPEstop being an asshole. When he said "rotator cuffs," I thought he was referring to one rotator cuff for EACH shoulder. As in "two cuffs total." Not all of us just have anatomical knowledge on deck 🙄
@@LOLLYPOPPE is this sarcasm
@@courtneyr6645 no
I want this man to train me 😭✨
I’ve been working on my rotator cuffs because I play water polo and need the range of motion with the ball, and you really notice the difference in day to day living.
Most ppl don’t understand pain is just from lack of mobility. You should not grow old and be immobile
Pain is not always lack of mobility...
"Just"
You should not only not grow old & be immobile, you shouldn’t even grow old. Die as young as possible.
@@InappropriateShortsin a time like now? Over 40 years when I’m old I can have VR porn with haptic feedback and crazy stuff like that. Why would I wanna die now? Just keep mobile and engaged, easy as that.
@@DerJuvensif your life long dream of old age is VR porn I’ve got bad news for you
We got another knees over toes guy, shoulder edition
This movement is literally in the atg program
Knees over toes guy is also insufferable. I like their message and training videos. But how they deliver it in their video style is just so weird to me. They seem like fake people is the best way I can put it. Like robots and not real people.
@@tucfang2577 out of all the narcissists on social media you think THIS guy is fake?
@@tucfang2577 Lmao i get what you mean. He is doing the movement the whole time, speaking in between breaths and grunts, not really explaining it too well, and has to bring up his knee surgery history. really is a little strange lol
Knees over shoulders!
That ending back roll was perfect ⚔️ 🥷🏼⚔️
Because they are easy to hurt....and take forever to heal...and are difficult to heal fully. I would only target them if you know what you are doing ...and are patient AF.
Do the external and internal rotation lifts he was doing! Slowly and with lightweight dumbbells. Pretty simple to not injure yourself with those
@@scotteckart1401 nah, I gotta push it to the limit! 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Yeah sounds good, I did 10 reps with just 7lbs and I already felt a slight tugging, no discomfort but I'm not pushing it
@juancgonzalez2102 all those little stabilizer muscles take the longest to develop its where "old man strength" comes from. Also after you work those out you are done with your gym time. Can't bench with tired shoulders...or do any compound movements. It's a patient man's game for sure.
@@mobilegamersunite good shit all around 🥃
u can tell how much he's trained his body and using its full potential via flexibility and still having strength balanced out
You can be way stronger than this guy and just as flexible. He barely deadlifts 200lbs lol
@@LucasNasta yeah gatekeeping strength via lifts ain't it boss.
And 235 is not barley 200.
Gymbro vibes are strong with this one.
@@LucasNasta ... hey man, you doing ok? You seem miserable
@@ethanjohnson3642how else are you meant to showcase strength lol. There has to be some kind of benchmark for strength and a 235 deadlift ain't it.
@@miniweeddeerz1820 235 for someone who admits to not training in body building terms is extremely impressive for a day 1 PR.
And strength isn't something to limit to linear progression through lifts.
There's things gymbros cannot do compared to strict calisthenics practioneers.
And vice versa.
David is safe and strong in ranges of motion a majority of lifters cannot reach.
This guy could easily play Spider-Man if the role was not already taken by a couple of British actors and one American.
The Bible is truth.
To understand that you must do the inner work Jesus Christ taught. It all starts in the heart. Everything is about Love.
Start with forgiveness. Parents are easiest, they’ve loved you. Working though your issues there as an adult and genuinely forgiving them is an important milestone. Only you can do this work. You must personally look inside to find what I mean. To be forgiven we must forgive. If you can’t forgive people who’ve loved you, who? Nobody. That’s the truth. Refusing to look inside or rejecting that there’s anything that needs worked on is the same as not doing it. It’s a spiritual thing. Just be genuine. If there’s truly nothing there, it should be easy to close your eyes take a breath and mean forgiveness inside. It’s extremely important. It shows faith. Faith isn’t belief. It’s actions bad on belief. Believing in Jesus Christ means putting his teaching into action in your daily life. You have to show God your faith though your actions. Forgiving our parents is actually an extremely important step of faith that God waits to see from us. He stays at arm’s length until you’ve put in the bare minimum amount of work he’s asked for, one mustard seed of faith. That mustard seed is these four steps in order done as an adult. It has to be as an adult btw. Anyone under 20 isn’t going to understand true temptation or how the world works. It’s important. Please trust me. These are those steps, literally the bare minimum effort mark to get into heaven.
Forgive your parents, break down before Jesus Christ, ask for forgiveness, and read at least Genesis Mathew and one you chose yourself.
Step one is actually key. It primes your soul for the rest. Step 3 cannot be completed correctly without step 1. Also, step 4 should be last. As steps 1-3 prime your soul in different ways so once you read those books God gives you revelations you otherwise wouldn’t get. I’m extremely serious. Jesus Christ is lord. Everyone can look inside their heart to find that truth. Those four steps will help you learn that for yourself if you do them. Please do them,
Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.
At least the current Spider-man is a former gymnast, so they got that goin for em
And one Jewish dude
If you go on his shorts he's actually dressed as spider-man doing a workout lol
Then theres me with a left shoulder that feels like a car driving over gravel when i rotate it
*(Vsauce music starts)*
Uh oh, he's gonna summon the God of facepulls
I can already hear mr. athlean x introducing himself
😭😭💀
The world needed you, my dude, you definitely making a change.
bro literally just explained working out for strength not looks
As a powerlifter and martial arts enthusiast, your videos have really been a game changer to my durability and flexibility of my joints!
Dude, you have QUALITY content.
Shoulder ext rotation work is the reason I've never had shoulder pain as an issue building my bench
I'm currently dealing with that right now because I didn't know how to bench and didn't retract my scapula. :/
Godddamnnnn those shoulders are bulletproof
Wow I love your unreal shoulders and your hair that looks like that of an angels.
I injured my rotator cuff a while back while playing tennis because I took a month break and went straight back into it with full force. I now do rotator cuff exercises and stretches every time before I go to play and my shoulders have gotten so much stronger.
What exercise and stretches do you do
@@MattGarcyaDC I went to a physical therapist and they gave me some stretches, so I would recommend doing that as well since they are tailored to your injury. I use a resistance band and do full stokes, backhand and forehand, and also do some shoulder rotation pulls, idk what they're called.
I'm currently recovering from shoulder surgery, I hope I can get to that point and having full range back.
@hope. I don't have shoulder arthritis, it was just a rotator cuff injury without popping but yes, with pain at different angles. Also, I'm not any professional in these injuries and conditions so please ask a physical therapist or a doctor for exercises and treatment for that. Good luck, wish you fast relief:)
@hope. If I start playing tennis without a good 5 minutes of shoulder stretching, it bothers me a bit for the first half-hour or so, so yeah, sadly I don't think it fully goes away. However, it's so much better and I barely feel it. For context, I got injured about 4 years ago
Let me tell you people as someone who currently has a rotator cuff tear, be safe. They can be incredibly painful and annoying and are really expensive to get surgery for.
Ya not worth it. I used to jump off of stairs and cliffs and trucks and over fires and things when I was drunk 20 years ago. Plus I got MRSA in my knee. Plus I fell on dock plate and cut my knee open. And I'd skin my knees all time banging. And now they make crackling sounds sometimes but otherwise they're OK. Do you know what crackling sounds are?
Ps I cut tip of my thumb off too and now it feels a little numb where tip was ugh
How did you tear your cuff?
Yeah it's very painful and post surgery rehabilitation takes 3~6months if you're careful. Full recovery is possible, again if you behave.
Bruh, you are fit af! My shoulders been wildin out lately. I need to train it up!
That first jump though
Dudes got the strongest rotator cuffs on the planet to be doing it w 20+ lbs and I ain’t even joking !
Man single-handedly just destroyed so many shoulders
Ego lifting already destroyed yours
@Jesus Christ hammering up into a ceiling did it for me...
most strongmen,power lifter and olympic weight lifter do specific work for they rotator cuff
its important for a strong press and to stay injury free
I went through physical therapy after having surgery for a torn labrum and they told me the exact same thing, and gave me the same exercises to do in order to improve my shoulder mobility post surgery
Wishing you a rapid and thorough recovery!
If Alton Brown's son got into fitness.
Every QB needs to watch this
I'm convinced he is an actual Peter Parker with this much mobility
as someone currently recovering from rotator cuff injuries, this will be useful
Just to educate the misinformed. Your rotator cuff is the group of scapular muscles located on your back with insertions in the front by your humeral joint. It's not your deltoids.
actually the subscapularis is anterior on the scapula inserting on the humerus. the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor are posterior originating on the humerus and inserting on/near the greater tubercle of the humerus which is posterolateral.
"Every part of your body is essentially a muscle" -me
Oooh!! I LOOOOVE THIS ONE! Will you do a video on the Trese Major, Trese minor, and latts soon?
This guy would be killer at Jiu jitsu
no he wouldn’t bc flexibility doesn’t mean u can grapple
@@ssg3legssan As a BJJ practician yes tf it does. Bodybuilders and powerlifters get bodies in BJJ no dif
@@MrNinja806 i’ve trained brazilian jujitsu and i can tell you it takes more than flexibility
@@ssg3legssan no shit. that’s what training is for. But compared to most people who haven’t trained … he’d be good. It’s not rocket science. relative strength and flexibility are very important in Jiu jitsu.
@@deadringer-cultofdeathratt8813 i get that but i’m just saying i’ve played multiple sports and some people would make you think they’d be athletic enough to excel at a sport but they turn out to be kinda bad at it or maybe not as good as they were in whatever type of sport / athletic ability they were good at
As a pitcher in baseball we would do a lot of work on our rotator cuffs cuz that was the most injury prone areas and it helps us get a bit more speed on our pitches
Could you please make a video about preventing/eliminating knee pain?
you should check KneesOverToesGuy for knee health and mobility info
Love love love your range of motion movements................................................
Hes so fabulous!!
Bros got a 'spider-man pass' any day he feels like
You're now the most important fitness youtuber on my sub list. This is the shit I needed to know 10 years ago
Check out kneesovertoesguy. He’s also really good and talks about this stuff. He also has a philosophy of only doing weighted stretch exercises for flexibility
Those exercises are actually the ones my physio gave me for arm pain!
unbelievably helpful dude!! I’ve been having ongoing issues with my RC’s and I’ll be doing these from now on…
Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Love this dude. I love brilliant, yet competent people like this.
This dude would probably be awesome to train with seems like he has such a great sense of humility
Dude, I dig your attitude!
Yooooo wtf!!!! That first move is INSANE 🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾♂️🙆🏾♂️
*"Our rotator cuffs are so important."*
Honestly just happy to have a weights teacher that tells us this exact stuff. Lucky to have him
The Bible is truth.
To understand that you must do the inner work Jesus Christ taught. It all starts in the heart. Everything is about Love.
Start with forgiveness. Parents are easiest, they’ve loved you. Working though your issues there as an adult and genuinely forgiving them is an important milestone. Only you can do this work. You must personally look inside to find what I mean. To be forgiven we must forgive. If you can’t forgive people who’ve loved you, who? Nobody. That’s the truth. Refusing to look inside or rejecting that there’s anything that needs worked on is the same as not doing it. It’s a spiritual thing. Just be genuine. If there’s truly nothing there, it should be easy to close your eyes take a breath and mean forgiveness inside. It’s extremely important. It shows faith. Faith isn’t belief. It’s actions bad on belief. Believing in Jesus Christ means putting his teaching into action in your daily life. You have to show God your faith though your actions. Forgiving our parents is actually an extremely important step of faith that God waits to see from us. He stays at arm’s length until you’ve put in the bare minimum amount of work he’s asked for, one mustard seed of faith. That mustard seed is these four steps in order done as an adult. It has to be as an adult btw. Anyone under 20 isn’t going to understand true temptation or how the world works. It’s important. Please trust me. These are those steps, literally the bare minimum effort mark to get into heaven.
Forgive your parents, break down before Jesus Christ, ask for forgiveness, and read at least Genesis Mathew and one you chose yourself.
Step one is actually key. It primes your soul for the rest. Step 3 cannot be completed correctly without step 1. Also, step 4 should be last. As steps 1-3 prime your soul in different ways so once you read those books God gives you revelations you otherwise wouldn’t get. I’m extremely serious. Jesus Christ is lord. Everyone can look inside their heart to find that truth. Those four steps will help you learn that for yourself if you do them. Please do them,
Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.
How you rolled out of picture at the end was hilarious
The roll away 😂😂😂. Subbed.
20 pounds for IR/ER is absolutely bonkers to me as someone who's experienced shoulder issues lol. Working my way up with cables right now after starting back from 0. Staying consistent is the most important thing
There’s really no reason to be at 20 pounds or go about. Your rotators can get too muscular.
have tendonitis on both of my shoulders. After that happened I started training my rotator cuffs a little for warmup. Shit helps a lot. I can feel that my shoulders are stadier than ever
I like his voice really smart and cool
I love the cuts, the videocuts
I want Bob & Brad, the two most famous physical therapists on the internet, to review this and give their expert opinion, then I'll know if it really is safe or not
Did they
famous does not mean most knowledgeable lol
@@sambageian2948 I mean, they are the most famous in their own opinion and their wives'
The hard thing about physical therapy is that it's not that obsessed with range of motion. My physical therapist trains master students (like university level physical therapy) and he honestly says the profession only cares about basic range of motion for being able to do the stuff that you need to do. What this flexy dude is doing isn't in the mainstream books. And until this is well researched it won't be.
I had a university level class on anatomy and that dude basically said he never saw any scientific proof that stretching works and therefor never stretches himself. He also said he had shortened calve muscles and that he felt he had to mention that :-)
I hope David from Flexy has some scientific sources but I think he's being the living proof, sort of like Wim Hof
Haven’t been able to hit anything related to upper body for 7 months due to my teres minor. Fr listen to this man and just do the extra shit
Fr. On my heavy lifting months, 1 of the 6 workout days, is ALL shoulders (and maybe some light core/calf exercises, but not focused on). These include at LEAST 2 rotator cuff exercises, because I did some really stupid, and ego-filled lifting schedules in my early 20s, that left me injured for years, that I can still feel if I don't warm up and take my time properly.
Your videos are awesome!
This is such good advice
This is why i wonder how freakishly athletic warriors were back in the time where all you can do is fight or train.
Not very
They probably had lots of injuries
@@JayKahns🤡
This makes me think of my time on the tri level bars in elementary (we called them monkey bars even tho I think those are a diff thing). Attempting shit like this from 5' up that somehow never got me hurt...that I'd be fearful of as a grown adult.
Alright, I've seen enough good videos from this channel the past few days. Going to subscribe.
I hurt my sternum at 16 doing a dip too low. I’m 22 and it still hurts at times.
If there was a competition to be as strong as possible while still being as skinny as possible this guy would win
no he wouldnt, literally just match weight classes with any decent lifter and they'll be stronger
I seen a dude on here 125 lbs bench 225 think again
Hallelujah brother! FINALLY someone explaining it to all those people who say "Bro, you can't go below 90 degrees, that's bad for your shoulders". Even when I tell them I trained gymnastics and that my shoulders are more flexible then theirs ever will be, they're still sceptical. My God, that's just so annoying....
What exercises would be good for someone 225-250 to bullet proof rotator cuffs like that
@@YungL.i.X. I think he made some videos on this already. Check out his channel, as a former gymnast I can confirm that this guy knows what he's talking about.
Modern "fitness" is all about teaching people to be afraid of mobility.
Tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if they're more than skeptical considering you're insulting them. "My shoulders are more flexible than yours will ever be?" Wtf kinda person even says that as a flex 😭💀
I started bouldering about 6 months ago, as a replacement for going to the gym. It’s a lot more intense and dangerous than weightlifting and as much as I enjoy it I’m always worried about injuring myself. Your videos are not just helping me climb better, but climb safer, with more confidence in my body. Thanks.
Good advice man, this could help out a lot of people with injuries
I do rotator cuff exercises before my main workout every session, but damn you take to a whole level. I need to take my range of motion deeper
My orthopedic Doctor just entered the chat
That roll out of frame is so cool
I did a lot of internal and external rotation training for rehab and my shoulder is better than it was when I started, great advice
Yea, I'm trying to get more flexible and correct my posture before it gets bad. We get so used to being in a bad position. As you get older, you stiffen up if you don't actively work against it. I've been doing pull-ups, push-ups, hanging from bars, trying to stretch hips and legs muscles. I'll definitely have to add some of these workouts.
This man is Robin to Bioneer's Batman, and I mean that in the best way possible. So wholesome and joyful to watch
I've just been watching all of your shorts from the beginning because I'm going to run out of data and I'm trying to be super flexy!😂😂
I work for a PT clinic, while this is true you need to be EXTREMELY CAREFUL doing this kind of training. I would get your shoulders checked out before directly trying to train RC as sometimes people have damage there already and dont know it.