Shoulder side laterals. I'm liking them more and more.

[casavant]

What's up guys? I've always done side laterals to cap off my shoulders, but I've been doing more and more of them lately and liking the results. As well as working the side deltoids, they seem to really give the traps that sharp dropped look where they go down to the collarbone if you take the dumbbell way up above shoulder level. Laterals are such a quick and easy exercise that I've started throwing them in at least one other day every week in addition to shoulder day. I don't always go all-out, but try to at least get a good pump. Before, my traps and side delts would be one of the first things to go when I dieted, but this last time I dropped 32 pounds and kept a lot of the allusion of shoulder width and high traps. I'm convinced that a few sets of laterals performed two or three times a week really to made the difference. This is one "illusion" exercise that gives a really high return on your effort, in my opinion.

Nothing that original or grounbreaking, but I figured I'd post it up.

 

[The Shadow]

I always start a delt w/o with isolations such as side laterals.


*ok - plers chime in here please - lol*

 

[casavant]

I always start a delt w/o with isolations such as side laterals.


*ok - plers chime in here please - lol*

I often do a few light sets for a warmup, then go to a heavy compound, and eventually wind up back at laterals/rear laterals for some work sets.

 

[The Shadow]

I do all pressing movements last at the moment.....I seem to get better results that way

 

[mekannik]

Cas, one movement to try is this. After doing 2 or 3 sets of side laterals - move on to 2 or 3 sets of lean aways.

Find a handle between waist and shoulder height (and very sturdy - especially for your size), ideally there should be one connected to the pulley machines in your gym. Place your feet, one in front of the other, where the floor and vertical surface of the puley machine. Lean out about 45 degrees. Now do a lateral (left side, switch, right side - go weaker arm first).

If you stand up and duplicate the motion - you'll be working thru a different range of motion (starting 1/2 way up of a conventional side lateral and above the shoulder finish). This really gets my pump going.

 

[casavant]

Cas, one movement to try is this. After doing 2 or 3 sets of side laterals - move on to 2 or 3 sets of lean aways.

Find a handle between waist and shoulder height (and very sturdy - especially for your size), ideally there should be one connected to the pulley machines in your gym. Place your feet, one in front of the other, where the floor and vertical surface of the puley machine. Lean out about 45 degrees. Now do a lateral (left side, switch, right side - go weaker arm first).

If you stand up and duplicate the motion - you'll be working thru a different range of motion (starting 1/2 way up of a conventional side lateral and above the shoulder finish). This really gets my pump going.

Thanks, bro.
I've actually done that variation before and I love it. You really feel the contraction in the delt.

 

[ast27]

I do all pressing movements last at the moment.....I seem to get better results that way

Im going to try this out, as I think my shoulders are lagging.

Currently I am doing 3 sets military, 2 sets laterals and 2 sets reverse pec deck.

 

[needsize]

I found my best results came from heavy military press followed by 3-5 sets of side laterals

 

[The Shadow]

lol

everyone is different - that's good though

 

[b fold the truth]

everyone is different

What? You serious?

B True