Shoulders

[sully15]

Make sure your doing your shoulders workout at least 48 hours away from your chest workout. I was doing mine with chest or the day after chest for a long time, didn't realize what I was doing. I moved it a few days away and I've seen a huge difference in my shoulders.

[tonyz 716]

Make sure your doing your shoulders workout at least 48 hours away from your chest workout. I was doing mine with chest or the day after chest for a long time, didn't realize what I was doing. I moved it a few days away and I've seen a huge difference in my shoulders.

That is my rule of thumb and I believe everyone should stick to it if they want results. for routines here are my two favorites that have always worked for me:

Barbell Press
Dumbell Press(if you would rather do the hammer strength behind neck that's a good alternative)
Standing Lateral Raise
Incline Rear Lateral Raise(face down on incline bench at failure finish with rear delt rows pulling into hip leading with the arms)

Or
Barbell Press
Standing lateral Raise
One Arm Cable Laterals
Incline Rear Laterals(stick with these for a little bit to start seeing results)

These two routines have been very effective for me over the past couple of years. When I set out to bring up my rear delts I switched to the Incline rear laterals and they gave me the results I was looking for. I think one of the problems a lot of guys face is they go overboard with the muscle confusion principle stick to each routine for at leat 3 weeks to a month before switching it up and moving on. Also if you want to switch and start off with the lateral raise before the barbell press to really tax the side heads that is an option for routine 2. For the 1st routine if you want to move the second press down to the last spot to pre-exhaust all three heads first that is an option I sometimes like to use.

[New2Anabolic]

Barbell Press
Dumbell Press(if you would rather do the hammer strength behind neck that's a good alternative)
Standing Lateral Raise
Incline Rear Lateral Raise(face down on incline bench at failure finish with rear delt rows pulling into hip leading with the arms)

Or
Barbell Press
Standing lateral Raise
One Arm Cable Laterals
Incline Rear Laterals(stick with these for a little bit to start seeing results)

you neglected a bunch of info (if this was from personal experience that is):
Rest times?
Reps?
# of sets?

Thanks for your input tho! Much appreciated!
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Great ideas & suggestions though eEveryone! Seems like I'm doing what's right! I do switch it up every week as well, in one way or another.

A couple moves I don't incorperate a lot are shoulder press'es.

[BokBok]

Mmmmm Military Presssessss

In my opinion, the single best shoulder exercise.

[tonyz 716]

you neglected a bunch of info (if this was from personal experience that is):
Rest times?
Reps?
# of sets?

Thanks for your input tho! Much appreciated!
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Great ideas & suggestions though eEveryone! Seems like I'm doing what's right! I do switch it up every week as well, in one way or another.

A couple moves I don't incorperate a lot are shoulder press'es.

I don't focus too much on rest times I just listen to my body not long enough for my pump to go away but long enough to recover my strength usually 1-3 min depending on how I feel and which exercise I'm doing. Reps vary for Barbell presses I'll go as low as 5 or even 3 for my top set but for my second press(I personally prefer hammer strength because as you start getting up there in weight it becomes a lot harder to kick them up to get the set started but i recommend db presses) I go a little higher with the reps usually 8-12, , laterals however are 8-15 any lower than 8 and your form begins to break down same goes for rear laterals. I don't believe in high volume I follow more of the Dorian Yates adaptation of heavy duty in which I perform 2 heavy sets preceded by a moderate set to get accustomed to the movement(except presses I do a light warmup 1st).

Definitely try doing 2 different presses for a while that could be the difference you need.

[AdamGH]

whatever you do, include upright rows. they have changed the way i looked for the better. almost more than any exercise besides squats. i believe they gave me the nice v in my neck to my rounded delts.

[Gaspari1255]

whatever you do, include upright rows. they have changed the way i looked for the better. almost more than any exercise besides squats. i believe they gave me the nice v in my neck to my rounded delts.

Much agreed...two years ago I would half ass them and struggle with 85lbs....I started hitting them hard, getting them up to 150lbs and my delts freakin exploded. they're juist as critical as miltary presses, imo.