new shoulder exercise

[gboa]

dont know if this has been done or mentioned before but here goes....stumbled on it be accident when trying to change up lat pulldown angles and found my
medial delts were the sorest they have been in a long time so i got to thinking..... i went in the next week to train delts again i went to the pulldown machine and experimented, staying very vertical and little more than shoulder width grip or wider i began pulling down to my chin or bridge of nose-depending on different angle of machine brands while squeezing my delts hard! after 1 set i knew i was on to something. been doing this for a month now and at 42 years old my delts have actually improved way better than all the presses and laterals ive been doing for years. it may not work for all body types but for a guy with shoulder pains and who pushes mainly with front delts and tri"s it has helped my delts grow more than any other exersise. give em a try and i bet they will work for some

[jrf0104]

Any chance on getting a video demo of this exercise?

[ShinjiG]

I've noticed that my tris are burning like a fire doing close grip pulldowns (making sure the bar touches my upper chest, which is also preceded by doing some tricep work so that is also taken into consideration)

[gboa]

my cellphone just broke the other day plus i workout alone and am not very tech savy. if you can picture yourself sitting on the lat pulldown machine holding the bar and basically pulling the bar down into a rear double bicep pose. its almost like the reverse of a military press

[homonunculus]

my cellphone just broke the other day plus i workout alone and am not very tech savy. if you can picture yourself sitting on the lat pulldown machine holding the bar and basically pulling the bar down into a rear double bicep pose. its almost like the reverse of a military press

Gboa,

You might search for "Face Pull" on youtube. Your exercise sounds like a face-pull pulling from a high pulley (using the lat pulldown straight bar).

-S

[theroymccoy]

Wait I'm confused...

At first I pictured you standing (very vertical) and pulling the bar to your face.

Then you gave a better explanation and it seems like it's just a behind-the-neck pulldown. Am I missing something?

Very interested, though.

[gboa]

ive been looking for vids on youtube but cant find one, its def not a facepull and yes it would seem like more of a lat pulldown. it is to the front just done at a very linear angle the same angle one would do a military press. now pulldown to your chin or bridge of nose and pull using your delts, my delts are on fire when i do em. i wish i could explain it better but angle is the key to it, both the angle of body and the angle at which the bar will travel to nose or chin. oh yeah i forgot to mention i am seated when doing them

[gboa]

some lat pulldown machines are better than others for this. the ones that are set a little further back at the top pulley usually give the best feel

[WoodShred]

Wait I'm confused...

At first I pictured you standing (very vertical) and pulling the bar to your face.

Then you gave a better explanation and it seems like it's just a behind-the-neck pulldown. Am I missing something?

Very interested, though.

- Very lost. Video yourself so we can see this. Sounds like a standing lat pulldown? With emphasis on your delts?.....

[jrf0104]

Homon,

Off subject. What shoulder exercises could be used to rehab a shoulder injury? I have a nagging pain in my right shoulder when doing pressing movements for my chest.

[Justme]

Sounds like its a reverse version of a upright row ? if you stand doing the motion of a basic upright row bu now raise your arms up and pull down at what...80 degree or so angle with the same motion.

[gboa]

i will try to post a vid when i can, i think i made this a little more confusing then it really is.
basically a front lat pulldown at 80-90 degree body angle, emphasis on the delts. pulling straight down-no arc and squeezing the delts. i just did them the other day and my middle delts are sore as hell!!!

[mentalflex]

So really all this is, is a strict lat pulldown while contracting your delts?

[dcwannabee]

In the old days (before shoulder surgery) I used to do alot of behind the neck pulldowns, and I felt them alot more in the rear delts than front pulldowns.
BTW Homonunculus Your new avatar picture looks insane. The conditioning is unreal.

[homonunculus]

Homon,

Off subject. What shoulder exercises could be used to rehab a shoulder injury? I have a nagging pain in my right shoulder when doing pressing movements for my chest.

Well, I hate to tell ya, but there's absolutely and utterly no way for me to answer that question given the above. Frankly, I very rarely give anything approaching rehab advice unless I've got as much knowledge of the situation as I would with a client, meaning lots of Q and A.

The above would be like saying: "My house kind of gets warm now and again at night. What should I do?" There could be a plethora of solutions depending on your climate, time of day, HVAC, etc.

In the old days (before shoulder surgery) I used to do alot of behind the neck pulldowns, and I felt them alot more in the rear delts than front pulldowns.
BTW Homonunculus Your new avatar picture looks insane. The conditioning is unreal.

Thanks! (Photoshop. )

-S