When you sit all day with your hands on a keyboard, your shoulders are constantly in internal rotation. Try this quick test: Hold a couple pens loosely in your

When you sit all day with your hands on a keyboard, your shoulders are constantly in internal rotation. Try this quick test: Hold a couple pens loosely in your hands with the points facing out, and stand naturally with your arms at your sides. Where are pens pointed? If they are pointed forward, then you've got excellent posture. If they are pointed diagonally inwards, you have slight internal rotation. If they are pointed almost straight inwards, then that internal rotation is severe. The point of this is that pushups, and everyone's favourite lift, the bench press, promote more internal rotation. Most office people would be far better served performing more pulling exercises than push. So deadlifts, rows, pull downs, pull ups, etc.