Favorite Shoulder Mass lifts

[Lithare]

Just wondered what have been some of your most effective mass/strength building lifts for shoulders. Mine are definitely lacking in comparison to the rest of my upper body.

[Stonecold54]

Re: Favorite Shoulder Mass lifts

Originally posted by Lithare
Just wondered what have been some of your most effective mass/strength building lifts for shoulders. Mine are definitely lacking in comparison to the rest of my upper body.

it has less to do with what other people are doing and rather what you can feel the most when performing. Really there are two basic shoulder movements, the press and laterals.

[Jordan]

make sure you shock your shoulders often. if you do military press with dumbells, switch to a barbell or smith machine for a few weeks. for laterals, it seems like 9 out of ten people use horrible form. make sure you dont bounce your knees before your rep or lean backwards to get the weight up. another point, shoulders respond very well to resistance. when your doing laterals, hold the weight up for a couple seconds before slowly lowering it down again. hope this helps
another point: never ever ever call upper traps shoulders because it makes people extremely pissed off even tho most people train them on shoulder day.

[redneck99]

behind the neck press works for me... but that's just me though :)

[beefcake]

Originally posted by Jordan
obviously, shrugs are also key but you need to alternate what you shrug with every now and again.

Shrugs for delts? I don't think so buddy. Doesn't directly hit the delts enough to be considered a good mass builder. Stick to the presses and laterals. Every so often, I throw in upright rows.

[G-S]

There is no better mass builder than the standard military press.

[Slashmonay]

Smith military presses work the best for me, then i switch to dumbell press's

[Face]

Yea, i am sure shrugs do your traps not delts.....

[Jordan]

he asked for shoulders not just delts. most people would consider traps as being in the shoulder muscle group BUDDY

[sana]

Originally posted by Jordan
he asked for shoulders not just delts. most people would consider traps as being in the shoulder muscle group BUDDY

i definitely would not consider traps as part of my shoulders. they go all the way down to the middle of my back, how is that my SHOULDER? :dunno:

[BBAddict]

I would definitely agree with sana. I think most people consider traps as part of the back. I always workout traps with my back, particularly since they get hit in some of the row movements.

[sana]

Originally posted by Jordan
he asked for shoulders not just delts. most people would consider traps as being in the shoulder muscle group BUDDY

and btw, what's with the attitude "buddy"?

[Stonecold54]

the lower trapezius is below your shoulder blades, the middle is obviously in the middle and the upper join at the neck. Most people observe the traps as part of the overall shoulder package though they have completely different exercises that don't overlap. Is that what everyone is trying to say, LOL? :D

[sana]

i don't know. i still see traps as traps. my shoulders are my delts. i mean, they're completely seperate entities regardless of whether it's my upper, lower, or middle traps.

when's the last time you heard someone say "wow, look at that guys traps, i wish i could have shoulders like that" :dunno:

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by sana
i don't know. i still see traps as traps. my shoulders are my delts. i mean, they're completely seperate entities regardless of whether it's my upper, lower, or middle traps.

when's the last time you heard someone say "wow, look at that guys traps, i wish i could have shoulders like that" :dunno:

well I guess just when you look at them front on a lot of people see them as a package. mostly non-BB people.