What’s more important is bench pressing without messing up your shoulders in the process.

Are you constantly getting stapled on the bench press by weight you know that you can handle?

It’s essential to strengthen the external rotators because the internal rotators will grow exponentially stronger from so much throwing if nothing is done to correct the imbalance.

Chronic shoulder pain is nothing new to lifters or overhead athletes. It can range from something you just live with and work around to debilitating and career ending.