chest exercises that are easy on shoulder?
Well it has been nearly 6 months since my original shoulder injury and my shoulder is feeling pretty good (after taking large amounts of glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM and type 2 collagen for the past month). I plan on starting light rehab on shoulder for a while, but after this I want to start working out chest again. I really haven't lost much size in my chest, but I want it to be strong and I want to increase my chest mass.
I figure I will start with pushups as this shouldn't be too hard on me since it is my natural body weight that I'm using as resistance. I plan on only going to 90 degrees due to fear of shoulder being reinflamed. What else can I do to build up my chest that is easy on my shoulder? I can't do barbell bench because the locked position that it puts you in tends to cause aggravation (past shoulder experience). I used to do dumbells but I'm worried about that first rep up hurting my shoulder; once the first rep is up I can limit the negative to 90 degrees. I might be able to do cable flies but dumbell flies tend to aggravate it for some reason.
But what else can I do?
Well it has been nearly 6 months since my original shoulder injury and my shoulder is feeling pretty good (after taking large amounts of glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM and type 2 collagen for the past month). I plan on starting light rehab on shoulder for a while, but after this I want to start working out chest again. I really haven't lost much size in my chest, but I want it to be strong and I want to increase my chest mass.
I figure I will start with pushups as this shouldn't be too hard on me since it is my natural body weight that I'm using as resistance. I plan on only going to 90 degrees due to fear of shoulder being reinflamed. What else can I do to build up my chest that is easy on my shoulder? I can't do barbell bench because the locked position that it puts you in tends to cause aggravation (past shoulder experience). I used to do dumbells but I'm worried about that first rep up hurting my shoulder; once the first rep is up I can limit the negative to 90 degrees. I might be able to do cable flies but dumbell flies tend to aggravate it for some reason.
But what else can I do?
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