Dear Fullyflexed, For some reason, my front delts simply aren’t very developed. My middle and rear delts are doing okay, but when I look in the mirror, my shoulders don’t appear as thick and full as I think they should be, and they don’t tie in to my pecs very well. Here’s my shoulder workout. [...]
Big, round, wide cannonball delts are the mark of a hardcore bodybuilder. To make them huge, pressing some serious poundage is essential. Heavy dumbbell presses are one of the best ways to go for full deltoid development, but if you’re stuck on the 50-pounders, you’ll never get those caps. Sometimes you have to take an [...]
The shoulder is by far the most mobile joint you have. Granted, this exposes the shoulder to injury, yet at the same time allows you to use a greater variety of exercises in the gym to ensure full development of the delts. So why on earth do people perform only the basic versions of lateral [...]
It’s ironic that the shoulder joint is capable of such a wide range of motion and, yet, shoulder training almost always focuses on the same few exercises performed in the same fashion and even the same order: overhead presses, side laterals, rear laterals. Bodybuilders often incorporate a variety of machines and exercises into their back [...]
Young bodybuilders often make a common error: they fail to realize that shoulders are a complex bodypart. These trainers tend to think it’s necessary to have wide shoulders to promote a V-shaped torso, but an examination of the shoulders reveals there’s a lot more to them than width. First of all, there are the deltoids. [...]
I’ve been bodybuilding for only six months, but I want to follow your high-intensity style of training, especially for my shoulders, which are lagging. Am I ready for it? It’s great that you have the enthusiasm to want to train with such intensity, but I’m not sure that six months of training is enough of [...]
I’m not making much progress with my traps. What’s your advice? When you last worked your traps, was it part of a solid well-thought-out strategy, with the same attention you would give to your arms, chest, legs or lats? Or did you nonchalantly toss some dumbbell or barbell shrugs into the mix at the end [...]
A lot of people treat their rear deltoids as an afterthought. After all, compared to many other, much larger muscles (especially chest, back and quads), the rear delts are relatively small. Over the years, I’ve seen rear delt training completely neglected, and I’ve also observed many individuals hitting this portion of their shoulder musculature ineffectively. [...]
My deltoids are well developed but my shoulders are narrow. Am I genetically limited to narrow shoulders? The most misunderstood term in bodybuilding is “genetics.” Having good genetics doesn’t mean you had good proportions from day one. And having what some perceive as “flawed genetics” doesn’t mean you can’t get to the highest level. Proof [...]
Building traps with Lee Haney’s advice Flash back to the mid- to late-1980s, when Georgia-based bodybuilder Lee Haney was an unbeatable force on the Olympia stage. His traps were one of his many standout muscle groups. Not only for the way they popped up on his shoulders, but also for the way the complete traps–upper, [...]
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