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Best Shoulder Workouts

zulegs2nyce Posts: 23 Joined: 2004/03/19	2004/04/02, 09:51 AM Anybody have any suggestions on the best shoulder workouts?? This is a very weak area for me which i need to develop. Thanks alot
jsom85 Posts: 316 Joined: 2004/01/16	2004/04/02, 10:39 AM military press (barbell and dumbell), shrugs and lateral raises i have found to work quite well. -------------- Get your weight up, kid
zulegs2nyce Posts: 23 Joined: 2004/03/19	2004/04/02, 05:37 PM I think i know what lateral raises are but just to be sure could you give me a quick explanation?? thanks
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/04/02, 06:09 PM Try one of the posted speed bench workouts. Your shoulders will feel like toast.
assante74 Posts: 185 Joined: 2001/10/19	2004/04/07, 09:11 PM Military presses and upright rows!!!!! These exercises will blow up the shoulders.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/04/07, 09:29 PM up right rows 4x10 shrugs 4x15 lateral raises 3x12 military ( bb) 4x12,10,8,8 arnold presses 2 sets faliure Optional*** over head cleans( before or after workout)4 sets -------------- .......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! ......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened ......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
dean_cliffy Posts: 16 Joined: 2004/03/26	2004/04/10, 07:13 AM That sounds like a really good workout for the shoulders bigandrew. I was hoping someone would include the Arnold press, they are the ultimate shoulder workout. Great post
zulegs2nyce Posts: 23 Joined: 2004/03/19	2004/04/10, 09:15 AM What is the arnold press exactly?? I heard they are really great but dont know what they are exactly, i read an explanation on a website but didnt get it
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/10, 06:36 PM bigandrew, i did your shoulder workout today and i must say it felt quite effective. i was really feeling it by the time i got to the arnold presses. thanks for the post, i'm sure i'll be using that routine again! -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/04/10, 06:56 PM arnold presses..............start with lighter than normal dumbells for militarty. Hold them at should level like you would do, to start a military pres, now turn them, to where you thumbs are pointing out, palms toward you. They are gonna be a lil closer in than normal military, but thats ok. Now as you press the weight up turn them as into a regual military. There should be a slight arc in the motion, bring them together( without touching) then bring them back down to the same position that you started...............anything else give me a buzz -------------- .......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! ......minds are not vessles to be filled, but fires to be enlightened ......Confucious once said ,DO NOT play leap frog with a unicorn
chadwligon Posts: 3 Joined: 2005/04/21	2005/09/09, 01:50 AM don't forget the cables
chadwligon Posts: 3 Joined: 2005/04/21	2005/09/09, 01:52 AM don't forget the cables
	2005/09/09, 05:22 AM don't forget to check how old a post is...this one is 1.5 years old....
timmstar Posts: 426 Joined: 2003/12/08	2005/09/09, 08:32 AM :laugh::laugh:
blue77 Posts: 182 Joined: 2004/10/10	2005/10/25, 10:18 PM What happened to the,Bent over lateral raise's,to give the shoulder's equal strength,to help from shoulder injuries happening,it is a muscle that doesnt get worked enuf,and will lead to shoulder instability,if iem wrong please inform me of my errors, Take care brothers and sisters of iron.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2005/10/25, 10:24 PM You are right that muscle inbalances lead to injuries, but you are wrong in your physiology. The first move in the routine andrew posted (if thats what you were referring to) are bent over rows. Rows work the posterior deltoids. -------------- To have talent is to have limits. I have no talent therefor I have no limits. Steve Prefontaine If you smoke or don’t wear your seatbelt, please don’t tell me the deadlift is dangerous.
smallbig Posts: 86 Joined: 2004/12/27	2005/10/26, 12:01 AM I'v done weighted dips for about a month and i have stretch marks on both shoulders so i'd say they work pretty good.