Happy Friday!
Ok, help me out here. I’ve gone up in weights with pretty much every muscle group except my shoulders. I have such a hard time keeping good form with 10lbs on side laterals. Why is that? I’m going to have to start training them twice a week like I’ve been doing with triceps. Those are finally getting stronger. They don’t quite pop like Pixi’s do but they’re getting there. Anyone have any suggestions on what can help? I currently do: front raises, side laterals, arnolds or shoulder press, upright rows or facepulls. Oh and my rears really need help to. I can do 25lb db for upright rows but I seem to only be skin and bone back there. Tonight I’m going for the 100’s. After all body parts are done during the week, I take one day and I do 100 reps for each body part.
March 21, 2008 at 10:39 am
haha, with your profile pic, you are going to get LOTS of advice. Hopefully mine will be a little different from the rest. Shoulders are involved in pretty much all of the upper body movements. In addition to that, you are doing 4-5 more exercises specifically for them. That’s a lot. Too much, imo. I would take a week-2 weeks off and do even less than half that much, absolutely no more than 1 exercise per head and no more than 2 sets per exercise. Just my 2.
March 21, 2008 at 11:22 am
Exercises all look…for rear delts, I would just add bent over lateral raises…those work great for me in bringing up the rear delts. For lateral raises- 10lbs is pretty good…you don’t need a whole lot of weight to get the job done on those….I usually only use 15lbs…just using slow and concentrated movements. Oh…and make sure you do some rotator cuff work…you can find some good exercises on BB.com or online….I do one called "scarecrows". Good luck!
March 21, 2008 at 2:55 pm
My friend sent me this link that stated it’s okay to work shoulders 2-3x a week… if I find it I’ll send it to you, but most of Trixter’s stuff incorporates shoulders whenever it’s upper body day (whether it’s chest/bi day or back/tri day). Thanks for the compliment, though it’s definitely got lots o’ work to do still (less flabbier when at rest). As for the booty - eh??? Perfect 10 in my book!
March 23, 2008 at 2:31 am
^^^Agreed perfect 10. As for the shoulders, their not only difficult to try and train by themselves but also tend to get injured easily. I partially agree with rawlife in that 4-5 is too much but I have been told that 2 exercises per and do them 2 a week is also ok. It really gonna depend on your comfort level.
March 23, 2008 at 8:30 pm
reverse peck deck will do it.
March 25, 2008 at 11:49 am
I have no good advice for you, but I am stalking your responses to see what I can change in my regime as well! Shoulders is probably my least favorite part to work out. Blah!!
March 25, 2008 at 11:54 am
Laterals and more laterals only. If you are looking to put some muscle on the shoulders, I’m a firm believer in this: strength does not equate to size when it comes to the shoulders. I would stick to the laterals, front, side, and rear…roast ‘em good and then watch not only the growth, but the amazing resulting detail. I’ve been able to move some serious weight during militaries, but never has that produced more growth on the delts than when I’m really burning ‘em with laterals.