Nitty Gritty Shoulders....Best BASIC lifts?

[Prime Rib]

If you had to pick 1-3 BEST basic lifts for building front and rear delts, which would they be? I am not looking for anything fancy and complicated, I am a fan of good ole fashioned lifts that get all the muscles involved. As of right now all i'm doing for shoulders is Hammer press. I have to be careful with all the lateral raises and stuff, my left cuff is still a tad tender from a tear several months back. Thanks guys!


Josh

 

[revexrevex]

Standing Barbell Press
Standing Dumbell Press
Seated Barbell Press

 

[Deleted member 33117]

I like military press, seated dumbell presses, and it sounds bizzare but I seem to get good results from dumbell upright rows. For rear delts I like doing my laterals face down on an incline board. It prevents me from cheating.

 

[SofaGeorge]

You don't have to do a lot for rear delts... 2-3 sets of bent over reverse flies will do it. You jsut have to be consistant and hit them every week.

 

[Imakarum_Mirabilis]

Clean and Presses (I prefer a Power Clean with a Push Press)

Behind the Neck Presses

Snatches (I prefer Power Snatches)

 

[gymtime]

You don't have to do a lot for rear delts... 2-3 sets of bent over reverse flies will do it. You jsut have to be consistant and hit them every week.

Agree for rear delts. Nothing will hit them like bent reverse flies.

For fronts, I'd say pretty much any press, db or bar. Upright rows are also great for that, long as you don't have any rotator or wrist problems.

 

[JollyRogers]

Incline Bench
Deads
Militarys

 

[PancakeFiend]

military, and i feel my rear deltoids the next morning w/ some kind of rowing movement

 

[Debaser]

Agree for rear delts. Nothing will hit them like bent reverse flies.

Yeah. Not even a 700 lb deadlift or 400 lb row would compare to some monster 25 lb flyes.

 

[revexrevex]

The original questions were shoulder exercises.