Give me a new shoulder routine please

[marvelous_mark]

Thanks again for all the replies guys. I have a lot more ideas now to vary my shoulder routine

Hehehe bigdelt69, I might try that workout one of these days, those 21 sets will probably just about kill my delts, in a good way tough

 

[coolcolj]

heh volume does not kill muscles, intensity does. Volume kills your recovery IMO

unless your juicing up....

 

[bigdelt69]

some day I will post pics of my shoulders and prove you wrong.
please remember that everyone is different. High it. did not work for me but high vol. did. perhaps our friend above can benifit also this way. I do not know why people bash one way over the other, it ALWAYS depends on the person.

 

[coolcolj]

Yah, sorry to be such a HIT freak, I'm not really a HIT'er in the true sense of the work. Just more forward thinking towards modern training

 

[Vortexx]

Combined sets: do one compound exercise, 15-20 seconds rest, immediately continue with another compound or isolation exercise:

3 * 8 barbell millitary press - behind neck press (use same weight)
3 * 8 arnold press - dumbell press (use same dumbells)
3 * 10 dumbell side raises - dumbell front raises (uses same dumbells)

take 1 minute 30 between each combined set, lower the weight next combined set juuust a tiny bit (like 5 lbs amounts or something)so that you still can complete 8 reps (it's painful, but you know it's possible)

 

[b fold the truth]

I think that a few principles really help with shoulder development...

1) Should include an overhead movement (heavy, primary, and rotate exercises often)

2) Should include some soft of lateral movement (controlled and not fast)

3) Rear delts should always be worked

4) Rotator cuffs should also be worked at least once a week

5) Keep the volume low (10 sets or less, don't suggest failure on more than one rep of one set)

B True

 

[Mjollnir]

I'm suprised no has mentioned these yet

Try the age-old, time-tested bent or 'side' press, as in:

http://www.testosterone.net/articles/170top9.html

They've worked for me.

 

[Xtreme2001]

What hits the rear delt the best?
Which exercise?

 

[coolcolj]

I used to do the side press lying on the ground! I thought I invented it


Best rear delt exercise for me is the lying on your side on a bench laterals - moving the dumbell to the front of body palms facing down. Works the interior cuffs as well, so you better do the lying L-Laterals to balance the strength of the external cuffs against it.
Unless of course you want your external cuffs to shorten which results in the "hunched" BB'er look

 

[b fold the truth]

I also suggest the Westside Barbell version of the dbell clean. They not only strengthen your shoulders but they also really really burn your delts...I love them.

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