Seated Tricep hammer press down

[BobbySweeney]

On the hammer strength machine; this has done great things for my triceps, but I also feel it in my shoulders.
Do all of you also feel it in your shoulders, or is my form off?

 

[jJjburton]

On the hammer strength machine; this has done great things for my triceps, but I also feel it in my shoulders.
Do all of you also feel it in your shoulders, or is my form off?

Use smaller movements, that helped me. Dont go through whole range of motion.

 

[Rosconow]

On the hammer strength machine; this has done great things for my triceps, but I also feel it in my shoulders.
Do all of you also feel it in your shoulders, or is my form off?

Do you feel the same sorta pain /discomfort from dips or any kind of other press down movements? I did.

My physio guy said i was impinging on my bicep tendon when compressing the movement (hand coming towards the shoulder). He also said my rotator cuff assembly was weak. Since not going back as far, i dont get as much pain.

Been doing planks to strengthen the whole rotator cuff, and starting out, was very weak and shakey and half ways painful at the front/ anterior shoulder. The more i do them, the longer i can hold without shaking or pain.

 

[Test_Subject]

I have a bad shoulder and it hurts like hell on that machine. Dips don't so I do those instead. With dips you move in a path that suits your physiology whereas the machine locks you in to a fixed path.

How far forward are you leaning? If you lean way ahead you're basically turning it into a decline bench which will involve your anterior delts a bit more.

 

[BobbySweeney]

Actually there isn't any pain, I'm trying to make sure I'm working what is intended.

I don't lean forward at all because there is a chest pad preventing that. I could lean back if I wanted to, that's about it.

 

[Test_Subject]

Actually there isn't any pain, I'm trying to make sure I'm working what is intended.

I don't lean forward at all because there is a chest pad preventing that. I could lean back if I wanted to, that's about it.

Any dip type movement is going to incorporate your shoulders a bit, obviously, so feeling it in your shoulders isn't necessarily bad, but maybe try going lighter if you find them taking over the movement.

If your shoulders don't feel like they're dominating the movement, I wouldn't even worry about it. That's normal. You said that you've seen good results, so I wouldn't stress.