Pressing with Old Shoulders

On "Push Day", challenges arise, due to the cumulative abuse that these old shoulders have endured over the years. Truth be told, most of the underlying damage was probably done decades ago when in my youth, I did more pushing than I should have and not enough pulling, creating imbalances. Combine this with trying to go way too heavy on the bench press with way too wide of a grip and well, time catches up with a body.

I don't do any type of pressing with a barbell anymore. All weights that are pressed are now dumbbells only. I've also been experimenting with suspension training and it's a great tool to use for pressing movements while saving the shoulders. Two exercises that I really like are suspended flies and suspended triceps extensions. Here are a couple of videos that I snatched off of YouTube to show each.

Chest Flies (and Chest Press);

Triceps Extensions;