I have a rotator cuff tear and can't perform bench presses. What are other chest exercises I can do?
you need bench press at different angles i hope u are better soon u can try chest machine press.... dumbell presses
hi. you're able to do presses by employing dumbbells. you additionally can use flies, the two with cable, dumbbell or a device. merely eat a balanced eating ordinary after which you're interior the sparkling regarding you nutritional needs.
Depending on which rotator cuff muscle your tore, you may be able to do flys. I wouldn’t recommend the dumbbell flys. The machine that does pec and deltoid flys will probably be your best bet. I would imagine that push ups would be out of the question. The fly machine isolates the pecs more and does not use a lot of the shoulder (deltoids) muscles. Try that exercise and see if it works for you. If you recently tore it, then you really need to rest it and seek physical therapy. I tore my supraspinatus and was out for about a month and a half - I did not do physical therapy. I have lost about 40% on my bench. It is getting better - slowly, it has been 2 years. FYI: The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) published a study on the effectiveness of the incline and decline bench presses. It basically said that those two routines are no more effective than the flat bench, military press (overhead shoulder press), and chin ups. In other words, they are a waste of time. Best of luck and good health!
