Shoulder shrugs

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Hello guys.

I have a quick question here on shoulder shrugs. I know a guy who has ended up with quite painful shoulder joints, which he believes (and his doctor seems to agree) is caused by years of performing heavy shoulder shrugs in the gym.

I personally have never had any problems with this exercise. Although I admit that I don't do it as regularly as he did.

What do you guys think about this??

Cheers!
 
It could of been his form which was off. A common mistake with shoulder shrugs is to roll your sholders in a complete circle, which places too much stress on your shoulder joint.
Remember shoulder shrugs are a upper back excercise so they should be the muscles that are working, not your shoulders
 
maybe his deltoid was extremely large, in comparison to his rotator cuff muscle which causes an impingment (a sharp pain in the shoulder, i used to suffer from one).. but as long as you work out all rotator cuff muscles, the majority of shoulder injuries will be avoided
 
I'm not totally convinced it's the shrugs that did it. I think you'd have to take his complete workout history into account and it's probabally not an isolated exercise that caused the shoulder problem.
 
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