Most Effective Shoulder Workouts

[rollinwkd]

I see alot of opinons of what the best shoulder workout and routine is,

I just want to get an honest opinons on it.

What the best and most effective workout is?

[MartyMcFly]

What is best for one person is not best for everyone. Trial and error will let you know which is best for you. I do:

Cable or db lateral raises (pre-exhaust)
Arnold presses. 3 work sets to failure
Upright rows. ( for shoulder/trap tie-in)
Shrugs (heavy as possible)

I sometimes do military presses instead of arnolds


Try it if you like it great or use some or none if you like.

[rollinwkd]

my shoulder day looks like this

couple sets for warm up

seated one arm press 3 x 8-10
db lateral raise 3 x 8-10
front lateral raise 3 x10
upright rows 3 x 10

a little sumthin like that

ill switch it up every once and a while
throw in some seated military presses

[FullMoonHowlingWolf]

What is best for one person is not best for everyone. Trial and error will let you know which is best for you.

MartyMcFly is correct, so the answer to your question is that there is no best or most effective workout. Just make sure to hit the anterior, medial, and posterior delts each workout and switch exercises frequently to shock your muscles, so that they continue to grow. I hope this helps you.

[chest6]

All I do

warmup
3 sets dumbbell military
3 sets incline lateral

[catabolic kid]

What you need in a shoulder routine is:

Heavy overhead press (dumbells, barbell or machine).
Lateral Raises

Rear delts do not really need to be worked...they are used in rowing and pulling movements for back.

You do not need front raises, but you can do them if you like.

I would not do "one arm seated press"....for several reasons....injury prone, akward, and there is no way that you can generate max power into every rep...in other words, you could use a hell of alot more weight doing normal dumbell presses.

[Myka]

All I do

warmup
3 sets dumbbell military
3 sets incline lateral

yeah I wence when thinking about doing a HUGE shoulder routine...taking steps backwards IMO...

[helium3]

What you need in a shoulder routine is:

Heavy overhead press (dumbells, barbell or machine).
Lateral Raises

Rear delts do not really need to be worked...they are used in rowing and pulling movements for back.

You do not need front raises, but you can do them if you like.

I would not do "one arm seated press"....for several reasons....injury prone, akward, and there is no way that you can generate max power into every rep...in other words, you could use a hell of alot more weight doing normal dumbell presses.

peolple say this all the time but you then could say your fronts delts dont need it after bench!other than that good post.

[helium3]

MartyMcFly is correct, so the answer to your question is that there is no best or most effective workout. Just make sure to hit the anterior, medial, and posterior delts each workout and switch exercises frequently to shock your muscles, so that they continue to grow. I hope this helps you.

ageed!

[Steve80]

This is what I have been doing for the last 2 weeks, I have already nocticed improvement.My delts are more rounded and defined.

Military Press
L-Laterals
Upright Rows
Shrugs
Lat Pulls

All exercises are 2 sets of 10. Then a 3rd set till failure (For this set I usually get between 5-8).

[craneboy]

military 10 reps followed by as many cubans as possible without a break for 4 sets
upright rows 4 sets
sidelats 4 sets
shrugs 5 sets

all done with no more than 1 minute rest in between sets

[craneboy]

you can also mix in dropsets to really fatigue them