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Forward shoulder raise, low position Side shoulder raise, middle position Front shoulder raise, high position A couple of months ago, I was standing up on a ladder while working on my house. Suddenly, the ladder began to fall and, in desperation, I maneuvered my body in such as way so as to prevent myself from severe injury. Well, I survived, but my shoulder took the brunt of the accident (partial dislocation) and I thought I might have even torn my rotator cuff. For a good month, I experimented with the proper solution to bring it back to 100%; and this is what I discovered: Isometrics were the best prescription. I hope the above photos are adequate illustration. I got the exercises from two books by John E. Peterson, Pushing Yourself to Power and Isometric Power Revolution , both by Bronze Bow Publishing. Both are treasure troves of useful exercises, with dozens of exercises that you can perform with self-resistance, and no equipment whatsoever! The exercises are VERY effective!...

This may be a brief detour from the "Wonderful World of Fitness" for a moment but a worthwhile one at that- As the son of two professional musicians and an amateur musician myself, what kind of music , (similar to what kind of exercise) do I consider to be the very best? Answer: vocal only music, usually in 3 to 5 parts! WHY? The answer is very simple. Because. Because it is the most pure, elemental, and basic form of music. All musical instruments are just approximations of the human voice; with the ability to amplify it, alter it, and otherwise mess with and to try to enhance the human voice. Usually, though, the effect is more like when you attend a concert and the volume is up WAY TOO HIGH.... (Sound familiar?) The whole performance is wrecked. When you hear a good performance of pure acapella vocal music sans musical instrumental accompaniment, you are hearing music in it's purest, most elemental form. Real music. Ancient music. Music without additives. Here is...