having trouble getting them boulder shoulders, any suggestions.

[1tuffmudder]

Having trouble getting my shoulders to grow. Currently rockin some Arnold DB's, lat raises, shrugs, standing bb press, upright rows, and bent rows. Just can't get any growth.

What's best for rear delts?

[OnTheSauce]

Sit on a bench then lean over with your chest to your knees. Do dumbbell reverse flyes. Will kill your rear Delts and traps. Sets of 20 and keep your arms straight if possible. start light, even the 15s will burn like hell

[johnnylucifer]

Hit the cables. ALso, this might sounds odd, try higher reps. My delts took off when I started doing 15-20 reps. Goes against conventional wisdom, but it works for me.

Also, another weird, sounding thing...Drop body fat. It's odd how fat will collect around the upper arm and smooth out your appearance in the shoulder area. The boulders start showing better if you BF is down. You may already have boulder shoulders and they are just blending in with surrounding fat tissue.

[jpowell]

U lifting heavy?

Eliminate the bent rows-this is a back exercise--unless ur confusing with sumthing.

My current shoulder routine us done with traps..
Incorporate supersets and drop sets...

Front,lat,rear delt raises hitting all 3 heads will exhaust n force growth.

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[1tuffmudder]

Appreciate it guys. I have always tried to lift them heavier, the norm for size gaining. But ill try it out and see how it feels. Thanks for the feedback. Eveything else is great and coming along fine.

[jpowell]

Appreciate it guys. I have always tried to lift them heavier, the norm for size gaining. But ill try it out and see how it feels. Thanks for the feedback. Eveything else is great and coming along fine.

U don't necessarily have to go heavy wen working these muscles, thas y I asked.

Wen traing this group, it's easy to strain and hurt yourself tryna go heavy.

I laff at guys who think there big, grab the 50s n try to raise with em..super sloppy, n only 6 reps...

I rec mod weight, proper strict form, (front,lat,rear raises)

Some exercises go heavy, (shoulder press)

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[InsaneInTheMembrane]

People forget rear delts... work those - reverse pecdecs, bent over reverse flies, wide grip upright rows

for side delt, lateral raises that start with the DBs resting on your sides prevents momentum and allows greater control... My delts got big off these

Heavy DB shoulder presses (6-8 reps)

[1tuffmudder]

Ya, the front head is good I can get them to grow no problem its just the middle and rear delta that for the life of me won't grow. Truly do appreciate the advice brothers.

[stpete]

Try some heavy Smith Machine and heavy DB presses. Not in the same workout though. I like SM because if it's too much i can just let it go. Follow that up w/superset of side and front DB raises and bent DB flies. Delts should be pretty tired after that.

[1tuffmudder]

Hitting them up first thing in the a.m. Pretty stoked to try out all the advice. I prefer smith machine to most. The convenience of it owns. Db's have their place but bang for its buck love the SM.

[CMB]

Having trouble getting my shoulders to grow. Currently rockin some Arnold DB's, lat raises, shrugs, standing bb press, upright rows, and bent rows. Just can't get any growth.

What's best for rear delts?

Wanna get those deltoids bigger? Listen here.

Lift heavy, 7-10 repetitions on the "pressing exercises" (shoulder press, arnolds, etc.), This will get your shoulders BIG & STRONG.
Lift moderate weight on the deltoid raises, 10-15 repetitions. Variations are key here, use dumbbells and cables for the raises. Make sure you work your anterior raises, lateral raises, and posterior raises.

For posterior "rear" deltoids, try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcctg3X1fec.

[mckiney34]

Military press 5 sets (heavy) 4-8 reps
Dumbbell laterals 4 sets 8-12 reps superset both
This really grew my shoulders (with a little bit more shoulder routine added to it)

[dieselheart]

high rep drop sets for raises and reverse flys
those babies will explode

[copaaz]

I like the cable exercises for isolation movements, i.e side cable laterals. Reason being is because I can control the negative better. It's harder to control neg on DB's. I like to emphasize the negatives on shoulder isolation movements. I'll also do 2-3 negatives after the final set to blast out every single fiber I can.

[likelifting]

#9 I use the Smith Machine for shoulders too. I go up slow maybe 5 sets (small increments) and then get a couple of guys on each side do a drop set. Friggin toast after that.