Behind the neck presses?

[Trulyhuge]

never do them and never will. easy to hurt the shoulder. puts it in an awkward state!

TH

 

[Mr_Magoo]

I said ANY exercises that do not take place in the frontal plane--not just behind the neck presses

my mistake...meant to say that not doing exercises in the frontal plane is the only thing to blame for this?

 

[Mr_Magoo]

never do them and never will. easy to hurt the shoulder. puts it in an awkward state!

TH

its not awkward and if u know how to position ur elbows and wrists....there are no injuries...........but i digress

 

[xcelbeyond]

its not awkward and if u know how to position ur elbows and wrists....there are no injuries...........but i digress

That's the problem! When someone is using "heavy" weights it's WAY TOO EASY to lose form then POP - there goes a shoulder. Kinda like how often do you see elbows flare out when someone is having difficulty with bench press (which throws the stress on shoulders) - again, asking for problems.

I guess you can say FORM is important in any exercise. BUT - because of the unnatural position of behind-the-neck and concentration needed to overcome it, why push it when there's so many other good shoulder exercises?