Is the Barbell Bench Press a Bad Exercise Choice?
"Any workout is better than no workout"
"Just go the gym and get started! You will figure out what to do."
"Lifting weights is healthy."
While these statements certainly contain great bits of truth, they do not provide the entire picture about the dangers of inappropriate resistance training.
A recent paper (Kolber 2010) highlighted the real risk of resistance training on the shoulder.
Consider:
One study analyzing pectoral ruptures found 29/112 of the ruptures involved the bench press;
The bench press has been associated with distal clavicle osteolysis (DCO). DCO is characterized by a/c joint...
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