Posted by Magicdad on November 26, 2005, 10:50 am I'm a 44 year-old weight training rookie with the same pre-existing shoulder condition found in many other yuppie dads. I believe it's minor tendonitis or impingement. I'm trying to protect the shoulder by doing stretching and strengthening exercises, and not putting excess strain on the delts. My question is this: Are close to the body hand positions going to give me a sufficient workout, or are the wider positions absolutely necessary? For the time being, I'm only using the close positions (such as a V-bar attachment or short bar instead of a wide bar on cable rows and pulldowns, and a hammer grip instead of the standard horizontal grip on cable press and incline DB bench presses). This helps me to continue weight lifting without doing further damage, and of course I want to balance progress with safety. But what effect will this have on my workout and physique over the long run? I know to vary the exercises, but if my shoulder is never 100%, is it okay to use close to the body grips exclusively? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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