post up your favorite shoulder exercises

[shirlene29]

post em up...I wanna hear what you've got

 

[dmk777]

My all time is the Arnold press I love them ...

 

[psizzle_8]

Yeah, arnolds are good. I'm a fan of doing some standing military press supersetted with good old fashioned lat flys. When I got my biggest last year I literally only did 4 exercises for shoulders.

Also, I grab a 45lb weight off the benches along with a 35, 25, etc. Lay them out on separate benches. Start with the 45, hold each side and do a front raise. I call these 'steering wheels' bc that's what it looks like. I finish my workout with these. Do as many as I can with the 45, then work my way down til I'm struggling with a 10 or 15. I don't leave til I'm Too sore to lift my water bottle. ;-)

 

[shirlene29]

I made the mistake of hittin the gym yesterday in the hr before physical therapy....

then the pt had some sadistic upper back exercises for me....I could barely move a three lb db ..so ya...I get the water bottle analogy
I'm a fan of to failure in everything I do...except squats..cuz I have this mental image of the bar going flying past the squat rack and killing someone behind me

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I like clean and press but there freaking hard on the joints.

 

[shirlene29]

excellent answers so far

I gotta do something....I have a weird nerve impingement in my left shoulder so that'll take some extra love

the physical therapist had me doin DB "swimmers" and they really brought to my attention that while my shoulders are pretty large...they're incredibly weak

 

[underattack]

Lat raise with a low cable, with your weigth on the same foot as the shoulder your hitting. Amazing contact

 

[muscleaddiction]

Lat raise with a low cable, with your weigth on the same foot as the shoulder your hitting. Amazing contact

Yeah, these work great for me too...heavy DB seated shoulder press as well.

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[psizzle_8]

excellent answers so far

I gotta do something....I have a weird nerve impingement in my left shoulder so that'll take some extra love

the physical therapist had me doin DB "swimmers" and they really brought to my attention that while my shoulders are pretty large...they're incredibly weak

I played competitive softball for years up until college - I got pinched nerves in my shoulders a LOT. I'd look down and my hand would look like a Mickey Mouse hand, all puffy and stuff...it's no fun. Just gotta massage where you feel the discomfort, I'd do it after practices and it usually just worked itself out

 

[superqt4u2nv]

excellent answers so far

I gotta do something....I have a weird nerve impingement in my left shoulder so that'll take some extra love

the physical therapist had me doin DB "swimmers" and they really brought to my attention that while my shoulders are pretty large...they're incredibly weak

You know what I found helped the overall develpment of my shoulders wasn't heavy lifting to be honest. I keep pushing it then I would hurt it.

This giant set is awesome
DB front raise
DB side lateral
DB rear delt row

Lower weights reps at about 8-12 reps per set slow concnetraited movements 3-4 sets and you are done.