SHOULDER EXTERNAL ROTATION (Cable) An external rotation exercise targeting the Infraspinatus and Teres Minor. This is a great exercise since the external rotators are not as big as the huge internal rotators of the shoulder (the Lats, Pecs, and some of the Rotator Cuff muscles) Our shoulder is an unstable joint, as the bones that the joint is made of (humerus, scapula, and clavicle) have minimal bone congruence 🦴 The joint would not hold well if it weren't for the muscles, ligaments, and Labrum

Shoulder External Rotation (With Cable) Strengthening the muscles that support your shoulder will help keep your shoulder joint stable. Stand, hold the cable (or resistance band), bend the elbow upward to 90 degrees, and hold your upper arm at the side of the body. Place the body such that the cable pulls sideways toward the inactive arm. The target muscles are the shoulder external rotators. What muscles does external rotation work? In red we can see how the infraspinatus muscle externally rota

Are you strengthening your shoulder external rotators correctly? Be sure that when you are strengthening this muscle group you are actually strengthening your external rotators! This means using a band that is pulling you into shoulder internal rotation to then work on strengthening as you pull the band out into shoulder external rotation OR using a dumbbell in a side lying position allowing the dumbbell and gravity to pull your shoulder into relative shoulder internal rotation then working into