Shoulder Workouts – 3 Great Tips

Shoulder Workouts are a big part of the upper body training. Bringing out shape and striations in the shoulders will require the necessary muscle mass in the delts.

Here are 3 important tips that will be sure to add size and mass to your delts.

Shoulder Workouts Tip #1 – Lift heavy

In order for any muscle group to grow to its full potential, lifting heavy is essential. Shoulders are no exception. I have found lifting in the 8-12 rep range for your raises (front, side, rear) and 4-8 rep range for overhead presses (barbell & dumbbell) is by and large the best way to add muscle mass to the shoulders.

Shoulder Workouts Tip #2 – Be Innovative With Your Exercises

Be creative with your shoulder workouts.

For your raises (Front, Middle Rear), do both dumbbells and cables.

Change:

• angles
• machines
• weights
• sets
• reps
• techniques
• tempo.

For your overhead presses. Do both dumbbell and barbell.

Try:

• Smith machine
• Arnold press
• behind the head
• in front of the head
• standing
• sitting.

Shoulder Workouts Tip #3 – Intensity Training

Super sets and drop sets are wonderful intense techniques for the shoulder raises.

The rest / pause and pyramid techniques are great intense techniques for the overhead presses.

Shoulder Workouts Bonus Tip

Try following your overhead presses with raises in your shoulder workouts for an extreme high intensity routine for experiencing both definition and size.

Henry Chervenka

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