Shoulders

[crazedwombat]

I've been working on my arms and shoulders to better enhance the look but while by arms are looking better, my shoulders still dont have that nice curve i'm looking for. I am wondering what you guys/girls do that you find works best. I have been doing a little bit of free weights and they wear out but i cant push them enough to get very sore. Yet yesterday i go out and play basketball and football for fun and i wake up crying like a little girl. Any favorites in the shoulder areas that works for you guys?

crazedwombat
Andrew

"God invented machines to keep dorks off free weights"

"Body building isnt everything but being small, puny, and weak kinda sucks"

"It's not the car you drive, its the size of the arm hanging out of it"

[SpecialK]

seated barbell military press (in front of neck)
DB military press
DB side raises

[crazedwombat]

I'm doing side raises until they wear out, but it's not enough. I do mil press and that works the front part and they're doing just fine. I'm looking for better definition on the sides, like the parts of the shoulders that the side raises work. Any more things i can add to my routine to boost those peticular muscles?

[Max-Mex]

I'm looking for better definition on the sides, like the parts of the shoulders that the side raises work.

Lose some fat. That's what will give you definition.

[crazedwombat]

I'm down to 15% bf, i know i gotta drop more, but thats not just it. They're just not growing, i'm more often than not, not sore or hardly sore. Either i've plateued again or the muscle isnt getting worked enough. what are some variations i could do with the shoulders?

[BlingMeter]

my shoulders exploded with overhead shoulder press, front of face, 8reps
dumbells right after that
then go to cables and do front and side raises

set a weight where u can do 5 reps and work your way up to 8. when ur at 8, put weight on to where it drops down to 5, and eat eat eat, protein cals, energy!!! MOTIVATION!!!!! FOCUS!!!!!!! NOW GO LIFT THAT ****!!

forced reps can help!

[crazedwombat]

thanks, thats more of what i was looking for. I'll try em out. i need to confuse the body again to grow more...i've gotten lazy in the same routine

[biggimp]

shoulder shrugs build your traps really really good. your traps are one of the more noticable parts of your shoulder, and its tight if you have big traps. makes you look like a man.

[insaneko]

i've noticed that for me DB shrugs work better than any other excercise. Also Front Lateral Raises work.

[BlingMeter]

shoulder shrugs? wtf is that. is that the same as a barbell shrugs?

[Mission]

Arnold presses IMO work way better than dumbell or barbell military presses.

[stronginthearm]

try some of these, i'am doing some at the mo and they seem to be workinghttp://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/Sho...#anchor1933886

[mattburns]

whats an arnold press?

[Ðragons]

whats an arnold press?

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...noldPress.html

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[Digitised]

deadlifts!

why has no-one mentioned these??
and of course overhead press (DB and BB)


depends what u consider is the ideal shoulders, its genetic as well since ppls shoulders slope differently, and are different widths and thicknesses.
Your skeleton is going to dictate the shape more than muscle will.
Your upper back, neck and delts are the extra areas you can target.

But id say deadlifts and OH presses will pack that mass on.
Hold the deadlift static at the top at the end of a set.
a few 100 lbs of weight hanging from your arms WILL add shape to your shoulders.