I do shoulders and traps together. Seems like I'm in a rut - I am doing the same stuff.. need to shake things up.
My routine has been DB shoulder press (typically seated), side raises and bent-over side raises (or hit rear delts on the pec-deck machine), followed by DB shrugs.
Any other ideas on what I can do to add some variety? I go for 3 to 4 working sets each, about 12-15 reps. I am picking weights that I can do with perfect form and my shoulders are burning by the time I hit the last rep.
I don't like barbell presses because my gym does not have a good setup to do BB press with a backrest and I hate doing shoulder presses without the backrest because I feel like I am not isolating the shoulders as effectively (same reason why I don't typically do DB presses standing).
Anyone do presses on the machine? How about Arnold presses? I used to do those but haven't in a while. And with side raises, do you move the DBs in an arc kinda in front of you, or do you bring it all the way to horizontal in line with your body? I am thinking of varying the angle and seeing if it hits the muscle differently.
My routine has been DB shoulder press (typically seated), side raises and bent-over side raises (or hit rear delts on the pec-deck machine), followed by DB shrugs.
Any other ideas on what I can do to add some variety? I go for 3 to 4 working sets each, about 12-15 reps. I am picking weights that I can do with perfect form and my shoulders are burning by the time I hit the last rep.
I don't like barbell presses because my gym does not have a good setup to do BB press with a backrest and I hate doing shoulder presses without the backrest because I feel like I am not isolating the shoulders as effectively (same reason why I don't typically do DB presses standing).
Anyone do presses on the machine? How about Arnold presses? I used to do those but haven't in a while. And with side raises, do you move the DBs in an arc kinda in front of you, or do you bring it all the way to horizontal in line with your body? I am thinking of varying the angle and seeing if it hits the muscle differently.
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