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There is no single best exercise, but the rotator cuff is the prime mover in 2 movements on this site, across 1 movement pattern. A sensible programme picks one heavy compound movement and one isolation movement rather than collecting ten variations of the same thing. 0 of these are compound and 2 are isolation exercises.

1 of the 2 exercises here can be done with home-scale equipment such as dumbbells or a band. This muscle is difficult to load with bodyweight alone, so a band or a pair of dumbbells is the cheapest fix.

No. Spot reduction does not work — training a muscle does not remove the fat that sits over it. Direct work builds the rotator cuff; fat loss happens across the whole body in response to an overall calorie deficit, and where it comes off first is largely genetic.

Rotates the upper arm and, more importantly, holds the ball of the shoulder centred in the socket while bigger muscles move it. Light, boring, high-rep external rotation work is the cheapest shoulder insurance available to a lifter.