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newbie said:Shoulder impingement isn't caused or worsened by pressing. Impingement happens when the humerus is abducted and externally rotated. Pressing builds strength in the whole shoulder, including the so-called rotator cuff muscles. Impingements can be alleviated.
Double your press and you have doubled the strength of your rotator cuff. That way there is no need for the well-known rotator-cuff isolation exercises that Rippetoe and Kilgore referred to irreverently as "those little arm-waving things." Unless you're coming off of surgery. Rehab and strength training are different places on the spectrum of training.
Auzayr said:I would like to know which exercises are the best which improve the speed of your arm, eg. plyometrics, weights, etc.
newbie said:I spent a weekend in a two-day barbell training certification presented by Mark Rippetoe, longtime powerlifting coach and author of Starting Strength. His co-author Lon Kilgore was there as well. He's into strength training but is also a kinesiology professor, so his expertise complements Rippetoe's very well...
Liz Ward said:I strongly advise anybody under the age of 18, keen to embark on 5kg+ resistance work, other than bodyweight, to seek professional assistance in person.