Crystal’s Rants

I have noticed over some time that I have gone from having slumped shoulders with no definition to having nice shoulders!!  They in fact are now one of my favorite parts of me not only with the way they look but because I LOOOVE working them out!  I always get a great workout when I have shoulder day and I attribute that in large part to changing up my workout and adding weight, no little girly weights here on shoulder days, I lift as hard and heavy as I can and really have seen this go a long way!!

The front part of my shoulder really started coming first, but looking at the back view for the first time I was sooo happy at the gym yesterday!

My fav exercise which I think has really pushed me over the edge with creating a better looking shoulder is the Arnold Press!  The key I have found has to be go extremely slow in the motion and gut through those last 2 reps no matter how tough it is!  A lot of people do them on a flat bench but I like to do them on a bench that has the straight back to support me through the motion and make sure I am not using the wrong muscles to press it up.  I usually follow that up with the front arm raises and the side arm raises then go straight into the standard shoulder press with dumbbells, it is more concentrated for me if I use dumbbells. I do a series of other things as well but that combination in itself is the ticket I believe!!  Before I was doing it in that manner I wasn’t seeing or feeling results, but by starting each shoulder workout with this I am feeling the burn quickly!!

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