Shoulder Exercises to AVOID Over Age 50

Definitely stay away from presses behind the neck at any age. This exercise was the primary cause of my shoulder arthritis. My advice is to focus on maintaining your shoulder mobility throughout your life. Once you lose it, you can’t get it back.

I appreciate you taking the time to change lives.

1:45 behind the neck press 2:51 upright row (narrow grip)

68 yr old female and personal trainer here. Thank you for this information! It will help me preserve my own shoulders and my clients' as well.

I hurt my shoulder over one and a half years ago doing upright rows, and I'm just over the last couple of months starting to get full range of motion. I'm 68.

Fantastic ! You’re an absolutely phenomenal teacher 👍, thanks are simply not enough!

50-something lifter with shoulder issues here, this is right in my wheelhouse :) Thanks in part to previous videos of yours, I use dumb bells rather than bars for almost everything now. It's safer and as you say you can use the angle of your elbows to protect weak areas.

Love these alternative exercises! I'm 60 yrs old & had rotator cuff surgery, ( complete surgery,) when I was only 32 yrs old. My shoulder had been fine up until about 10 yrs ago when i started to have pain again. The doctor who took exrays said it was soft tissue damage & there's nothing to be done about it. I tried these exrecises you recommend & I have to thank you, the pain seems to be subsiding since doing them every other day!! Thank you for these videos!!

I'm an obese gent of 60 and I recently took on an allotment to get some exercise. I love being outdoors but my lack of flexibility and mobility means I'm constantly suffering from some kind of muscle pain. My bugbear is horrific shoulder/mid back pain that literally seizes me up with spasms until I just have to lie down flat. The slightest cough, or God forbid a sneeze, will send agonising pain through my back - even taking a deep breath will cause sharp, knife like pain in my ribs. I've been using some of your exercises and it is making a difference but even getting up and down to a floor mat is a challenge when you're twenty odd stone! I just wanted to say thanks for the vids - I'll get there or die trying :-)

To prevent injuries, both exercises should be avoided at any age. Great video, clear explanation 👍

Thank you I really love your channel. Could you please do a video on exercises after a frozen shoulder. I had a frozen shoulder seven years ago and still have a lot of pain. I still do the exercises that my NHS physio gave me at least four times a week but although I now am back to full motion just can't seem to get strong and be out of pain. I'm 62. I know a frozen shoulder is very common for the over 50s 👍

If you ever saw me in the gym doing a movement that was iffy then please don't hesitate to suggest a better alternative.

Doing dips fixed and strengthened my damaged left shoulder. Im 58 and im long and lean 5'10", 152 lbs.

I did a new workout this morning with some wonky shoulder presses and upright rows. So glad for these alternatives (and the explanation of why they are better)! Thanks Will!

Thank you so much for your work!

I had shoulder pain for 4 years. I changed my exercises and now it's gone. I have tried the 3 alternative exercises and they are great. For the last one, I have to use 5 lbs of weight. I'll work my way up. Thanks, Will.

The three morning mobility exercises you did a few weeks ago really helped my shoulder. I hope to get my light weight bells out and continue the progress.

Thanks for the advice Will! I will incorporate both exercises into my shoulder routine and add them to the list of exercises I have learned from you. See you in your next video.

It’s July and I’m still recovering from damaging my shoulder in December doing upright rows

I’m 51 and started working out again several months ago. Making decent progress and now my shoulder started acting up. Taking a short break before getting back at it. I appreciate this advice on alternative shoulder exercises. Thank you!