Shoulders

[Tom19]

Hey everyone

I know this sounds stupid :oops: but is their any way to broaden shoulders? I work on them on every week but I haven't made any real gains size wise, can any one recomend anything?

[timinator]

What does your shoulder routine look like? Excercises? Sets and reps?

[Tom19]

It's once a week every week

4x8 incline barbell shoulder raise

4x8 db shoulder press

4x8 military press

4x8 side lateral raise

[roadie]

incline barbell press is a chest exercise isnt it??

for width maybe upright rows and side raises

[Monarchking]

incline barbell press is a chest exercise isnt it??

4x8 incline barbell shoulder raise

[trainharder]

It's once a week every week

4x8 incline barbell shoulder raise

4x8 db shoulder press

4x8 military press

4x8 side lateral raise

id drop the incline barbell shoulder raise.

do the 2 pressing movements heavy the side lat raises and try a exersize to hit the rear of the shoulders like bent over rear raises or rear lat machine.

also if your doing 4 sets of 8 are you trying to go heavier each set and having 2 heavy heavy sets.

do you stop when you reach 8 reps if so your not pushing yourself

try your heavy sets to aim between 6 and 8 reps if you can do more next time go heavier but always push yourself and not put the weights down just because you reached the target rep range.

get a spotter and do your heavy pressing sets to failure.

[Truds]

I'd also try switching the exercises around, and do your side delt exercises first.

[jonafat]

I start with ...

REAR DELTS-Sitting bent over raises

Pec deck rear delt flys.

SIDE DELTS-1 arm cable flys

DB side raises along with front raises.

SEATED SHOULDER PRESS DB'S.

I do 4-5 sets on all excercises after last set immediately drop to half weight and go to fail then slightly drop again and repeat.Really get the burn going and tear the muscle up.

You should feel something after.Put some intensity into to it by not having long brakes in between sets.

Hope this helps.

Like Truds said if you want to hit a group in particular do it first.

[Beef]

incline barbell press is a chest exercise isnt it??

for width maybe upright rows and side raises

incline barbell press, depending on the angle, works the deltoids a lot. anything over 45 degrees works the deltoids more than the chest

[Pseudonym]

I find a period of doing them twice a week helps. Just try to space the days as far apart as possible, and do different exercises.

[Tom19]

Thanks everyone I really appreciate the feed back i'm going to take it on board and mix my routine up and bring more intensity into it to. I'll post the changes later I'm really busy with work at the moment lol

[Beef]

Thanks everyone I really appreciate the feed back i'm going to take it on board and mix my routine up and bring more intensity into it to. I'll post the changes later I'm really busy with work at the moment lol

also chuck in a rotator cuff exericse.. real important if you want to be able to bench more

[Rewi74]

Hi

Are you just starting out? If you are I think you would benefit more from just sticking to the barbell OR dumbbell press for a year and trying to increase your strength (for reps, 8 as you currently are) by a substantial amount. Then move onto side laterals. But not the other way round.

Good luck no matter what you do.

[Tom19]

also chuck in a rotator cuff exericse.. real important if you want to be able to bench more