What muscles does this excersise work?

Bakersfield · 08-10-2005, 01:35 PM

I have a question about this excersise.

You place a db in each hand in front of you then bend your arms at a 45 degree angle so there about touching below your belly button. Then you keep your arm slightly bent and lift them up over your head. Like lateral raises but with your arms bent. I not talking about where you bend your elbows and do db lifts up to your chin. In this excercise you keep your elbows slightly bent and rotate your arm up over your head so at the end of the lift the db is directly above your head. Sorry but that was the best i could explain it.

What is this exercise called and what does it work. I feel it working the back of my shoulders but also my back itself. What day should i be doing these on back day or delt day.

Cold Iron · 08-10-2005, 01:43 PM

From what I gather, Arnold presses?

Squaggleboggin · 08-10-2005, 01:48 PM

Well Arnolds don't start down by the belly button though. He said it was like lateral raises but with the arms bent, so maybe look up what muscles the lat raises work and it should be the same ones but with less strain because the arms are bent. Maybe...?

**P-funk** · 08-10-2005, 01:50 PM

sounds like a DB lateral raise with your elbows bent.

Squaggleboggin · 08-10-2005, 01:51 PM

The P has spoken.

Bakersfield · 08-10-2005, 06:13 PM

What i'm talking about is while standing arms bent at about a 45 degree angle you rotate your arms up so the dumbells are up by your ears.There not like lateral raises in the way you dont just lift your arms up you lift up then rotate your shoulder so its looks kinda like your biceps are being flexed at the side of your head.

Is this a shoulder excercise or back exercise. i feel it working both but just wondering what it is targeting.

* Legion * · 08-10-2005, 06:33 PM

OH hes talking about rotator cuff work.

Archangel · 08-10-2005, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by * Legion *

OH hes talking about rotator cuff work.

I think so too!!!

* Legion * · 08-10-2005, 06:42 PM

have you been doing this exercise? do you use much weight with it? i find, though i rarely do them, that they work a bit better with cables. what made you decide to do an exercise you didnt know about? probably a good way to learn. if it is what i think it is, i see some benchers doing them.

Bakersfield · 08-10-2005, 06:55 PM

I saw it at my buddies house on a Ronnie Coleman work out video. Like i said i know what two muscles are being worked but i don't no what day to be doing the excercise on. I feel it working the back of my delts and the muscles on top my shoulder blade too what ever those are called.

What is the name of this excercise you think i'm speaking of, i can then look it up on a search engine, find pics and see if we're talking about the same thing.

Archangel · 08-10-2005, 07:12 PM

I think maybe just look up rotator cuff exercises? Not really sure BRother Bakersfield, sorry!!! Where about do you live in BF? I used to live there, like 15 years ago, not sure the name of the street though, but I used to drive truck all up and down "The Grapevine"!!!

* Legion * · 08-10-2005, 07:53 PM

Don't tell him, Bakersfield, he's CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bakersfield · 08-14-2005, 02:27 PM

i think the exercise i was speaking of is rear delt flies

does that sound about right by my description

Sam40 · 08-14-2005, 02:38 PM

Nope, rotor cuff, rear delt fly's don't end up by your ears. At least I hope they don't, there would have to be a serious problem with your anatomy.

ReelBigFish · 08-14-2005, 02:50 PM

Sounds like a Cuban Press to me. go here http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...scle=Shoulders and scroll down bout 3/4 of the way down.

**Mudge** · 08-14-2005, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by * Legion *

OH hes talking about rotator cuff work.

You should never, ever feel that in your back. If this is the case then the poster is using FAR too much weight. Elbows should never move, only rotate if this is the case.

08-10-2005, 01:35 PM	#1
Bakersfield Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bakersfield CA Posts: 58	What muscles does this excersise work? I have a question about this excersise. You place a db in each hand in front of you then bend your arms at a 45 degree angle so there about touching below your belly button. Then you keep your arm slightly bent and lift them up over your head. Like lateral raises but with your arms bent. I not talking about where you bend your elbows and do db lifts up to your chin. In this excercise you keep your elbows slightly bent and rotate your arm up over your head so at the end of the lift the db is directly above your head. Sorry but that was the best i could explain it. What is this exercise called and what does it work. I feel it working the back of my shoulders but also my back itself. What day should i be doing these on back day or delt day.

08-10-2005, 01:48 PM	#3
Squaggleboggin Functional Lifting = Life Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3,540 Photos: 3	Well Arnolds don't start down by the belly button though. He said it was like lateral raises but with the arms bent, so maybe look up what muscles the lat raises work and it should be the same ones but with less strain because the arms are bent. Maybe...?
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08-10-2005, 01:50 PM	#4
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,624	sounds like a DB lateral raise with your elbows bent.
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08-10-2005, 01:51 PM	#5
Squaggleboggin Functional Lifting = Life Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3,540 Photos: 3	The P has spoken.
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08-10-2005, 07:12 PM	#11
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,183 Photos: 4	I think maybe just look up rotator cuff exercises? Not really sure BRother Bakersfield, sorry!!! Where about do you live in BF? I used to live there, like 15 years ago, not sure the name of the street though, but I used to drive truck all up and down "The Grapevine"!!!
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08-10-2005, 01:43 PM	#2
Cold Iron High $ociety Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: ONtario Posts: 1,615	From what I gather, Arnold presses?

08-10-2005, 06:13 PM	#6
Bakersfield Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bakersfield CA Posts: 58	What i'm talking about is while standing arms bent at about a 45 degree angle you rotate your arms up so the dumbells are up by your ears.There not like lateral raises in the way you dont just lift your arms up you lift up then rotate your shoulder so its looks kinda like your biceps are being flexed at the side of your head. Is this a shoulder excercise or back exercise. i feel it working both but just wondering what it is targeting.

08-10-2005, 06:33 PM	#7
* Legion * Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Suburb of Chicago, Il. USA Posts: 711 Photos: 2	OH hes talking about rotator cuff work.

08-10-2005, 06:42 PM	#9
* Legion * Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Suburb of Chicago, Il. USA Posts: 711 Photos: 2	have you been doing this exercise? do you use much weight with it? i find, though i rarely do them, that they work a bit better with cables. what made you decide to do an exercise you didnt know about? probably a good way to learn. if it is what i think it is, i see some benchers doing them.

08-10-2005, 06:55 PM	#10
Bakersfield Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bakersfield CA Posts: 58	I saw it at my buddies house on a Ronnie Coleman work out video. Like i said i know what two muscles are being worked but i don't no what day to be doing the excercise on. I feel it working the back of my delts and the muscles on top my shoulder blade too what ever those are called. What is the name of this excercise you think i'm speaking of, i can then look it up on a search engine, find pics and see if we're talking about the same thing.

08-10-2005, 07:53 PM	#12
* Legion * Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Suburb of Chicago, Il. USA Posts: 711 Photos: 2	Don't tell him, Bakersfield, he's CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08-14-2005, 02:27 PM	#13
Bakersfield Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bakersfield CA Posts: 58	i think the exercise i was speaking of is rear delt flies does that sound about right by my description

08-14-2005, 02:38 PM	#14
Sam40 Alley-oop! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 174	Nope, rotor cuff, rear delt fly's don't end up by your ears. At least I hope they don't, there would have to be a serious problem with your anatomy.

08-14-2005, 02:50 PM	#15
ReelBigFish Turtle Power! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hot A** Mississippi Posts: 608	Sounds like a Cuban Press to me. go here http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...scle=Shoulders and scroll down bout 3/4 of the way down.

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