Rotator cuff injury and here is why: the only thing that all torso exercises, be it back, pec, delt or arm movements have in common is that they all involve the rotator cuff joint to one degree or another. Even triceps exercises, like French presses and triceps pulldowns, require you to strain your rotator cuff joint by keeping it steady. It is impossible to perform any upper boy exercise except for barbell curls without the involvement of the rotator cuff joint and the middle deltoid head that is the primary muscle involved in moving it. If you tear your quad, the second largest muscle in the body besides the buttocks, you can still work your calves and himstrings and all your upper body. If you tear your latissimus, you can still work your mid and lower back as well as your lower body. Both the latissiums and quadriceps are much larger muscles than the delt muscles involved in moving the rotator cuff joint, and yet tearing the latter has far more devastating consequences for bodybuilding.
If you tear your rotator cuff joint, your bodybuilding is over forever. You won't be able to perform any upper body exercise, and it never heals 100% again. Recovery takes 6 months to a year, and you will lose 50% of your upper body strength forever. You will only be able to bench, military press and barbell row 50% of the weight you once could. It is the end.
So make sure to strengthen your rotator cuff. The best way to do this is with isometric lateral raises. Grab heavy dumbbells and perform lateral raises, but hold the weight for 10 seconds when your arms are at a 90 degree angle from the floor. Then increase to 15 seconds and so on until you can hold it for 30 seconds. After that, increase the weight and rpeat the preocess so on and so forth.
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