Deperately seeking shoulders ?

[RottenWillow]

As Buff's questions have been answered I'll just take this opportunity to agree with earlier posts regarding the genetic influence and shoulder size and shape. While all our skeletal size and muscular characteristics are defined (and limited) by something that happened even before we were born, some features seem to remain more obviously indicative of our body type despite our best dietary and exercise efforts. I'll always thought shoulder width and size is definitely one of those areas.

I've busted fanny to thicken up my delts and despite getting 95lbs for a strict, full range 1RM last month my shoulders still look as nobby as ever.
Amazing. I've got inviso muscles apparently.

 

[joe_garibaldi]

As a man I have to confirm, they do look amazing on a lady but then so do defined, vascular biceps; thats what most men look for in my experience. I think aside from the free weights there are machines in the gym that can help you isolate each component of the shoulder and overall the effect will be better or may be if you do that; so for instance using the rear delt feature of the pec fly machine will isolate that part; the over head lift will mainly isolate the central portion of the delt; the pec fly while mainly dealing with the pecs will also catch part of the anterior deltoid. I also like the lateral raise machine for the central part of the delt. I agree with a lot of whats been said; it will take time to do what you want to accomplish and dont hurry because the shoulder girdle is soo easy to damage; building the muscle actually will protect you from injury. my approach to the issue of building muscle is to ratchet things up; when i can comfortably do three sets of 10 with one weight i try to do 5 lbs more on one of those sets and gradually do that for all three sets. that way my muscles can handle the weight and i dont injure yourself; i've been working out for 4 years or so and do lateral raises now with 125 lbs. my delts are big but they're not huge; maybe its because i started doing this when i was 47? i honestly think that theres some decoupling between muscle size and strength; i see a lot of young guys in the gym struggling with weights i have no problem with and they seem to be bigger then i am. who knows. but good luck to you and, keep on telling us about your progress; to me progress is the most exciting thing

Shoulders.

Muscular and shapely shoulders look amazing on the female body.

They also take time, dedication, and will power to build.
"Rome was not built in a day." This adage definitely applies.

Just keep doing what you are doing. Be sure to give your shoulders enough of a workout...AND enough rest time!!!

Just so you know, I do side raises with 15lbs. Front raises with 15lbs. FOR REPS.

I achieved MOST of my shoulder musculature from straight dumbell presses. (I go HEAVY for those). In my opinion, they are the muscle builders.

Good luck and be patient!

 

[Griz1]

Also a guy here.

I have some pretty good shoulders and have had a shoulder injury in the past.

Best advice I can give, in addition to all the good stuff posted already.

If you're working hard on your ant, lats, and posterior delts, be SURE to work a good day of shoulder cuff excersises in there. IF you do start to gain mass, and have not worked on your cuffs, you could be in for an imbalance, and injury. Not in all cases but the possibility definately exists!

 

[pinkisacolor]

A few weeks back I was complaining that I couldn't lift over 10 lbs. for side raises. I can do 12 lbs now, whoopee !!! even that's a struggle. big deal. but I'm so disappointed.

I can now finally do 25-30 lbs for front raises & presses, only 10 lbs for rear delts.


Wow. I only lift 5 pounds on side raises and THAT is a struggle. My weakest body part and soooo frustrating.

 

[pinkisacolor]

Mass comes from eating well (high protein) and lifting VERY heavy. It also takes A LOT of time. Building a noticeable amount of muscle can take years. And this is assuming a good diet and consistent training. Oh, and don't discount genetics!

Okay. If i get enough protein say 4 days of the week and on 3 days of the week my diet sucks and I just eat a lot of carbs will that be enough to take away any hard earned muscle? I want to gain a lot of muscle. I eat about 1600 - 2000 calories a day. Is that enough? Presently I am 5 "7 and weigh about 140 lbs. Too fat right now.

 

[pinkisacolor]

Then u got ones like me, broad shoulders, defined back and no boobs

At a club this guy was admiring my chest.. i looked at him and said, when i comehome, these babies come off, pushup padded.. (myn aren't that small, but it made him feel silly)

Ever thought about implants? I am still pretty high in my body fat but when it comes off my boobs shrink to nothing. I'm considering....

 

[buffchic69]

Hi Daisy.

When you say OH presses work the front & middle delts. I know the front of the shoulders what you see in the mirror, but what are the middle delts ?

are middle delts the sides of your shoulders ? Also do OH presses work the very top of shoulders too ?


Sorry, if I seem like I don't understand the language terms in terms of weight training !!


Thanks

 

[Griz1]

Hi Daisy.

When you say OH presses work the front & middle delts. I know the front of the shoulders what you see in the mirror, but what are the middle delts ?

are middle delts the sides of your shoulders ? Also do OH presses work the very top of shoulders too ?


Sorry, if I seem like I don't understand the language terms in terms of weight training !!


Thanks

Yeah, front and mid delts are the ones you see in the mirror (facing squared forward). Front delts = anterior Mids= lateral Rear= posterior.