mechanic28

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whats the best way to build up shoulders ??

cheers

OB1

shrugs and press.

Andy_R

iTrader: (3)

You ought to have a look at the fitness mags next time your in shopping.

There is a cracking write up on shoulders in one of this months mags(cant remember which, its the more bodybuilding baised one though).
It covers how behind the neck overhead press is key to ramping up in shoulder size. bb & or db.

Kieron

I find that the overhead presses work the front delts well. However there are three heads to the delts and that side raises get the sides (funnily enough). My rear delts tend to get worked quite well with back etc but you can do bent over raises for these.

Shrugs work the Traps BTW and not so much the shoulders.

chris^si

yea shrugs is more a traps builder, i use a few exercises, but i find a good one to be dumbell raises. raise to the horizontal possition at your sides. like a plane lol, then back down and the at shoulder width raise infront of you like a zombie, to chin height, and back down. count both movements as 1 rep.

hope thats some help

Chris

Kieron

Chris, dumbell raises are side raises or side latteral raises as they are properly named.

The front raises are a good exercise but can put a lot of strain on the joint IMHO so light weights to start off with.

chris^si

soz lol, so many names and exercises its bloody confusing

Kieron

No worries. I wasn't trying to be a smart arse btw!

I also forgot to add that upright rows are also a good exersise for the side lateral. Again I find these can put a strange strain on the shoulder joint and also the wrist if using heavy weights so start off light and build up!

christianh3

there's a million answers but they have the same theme : train your shoulders with sensible reps and frequency, eat well, rest, and be CONSISTENT.

The exercises you do as long as you're sensible i.e. don't do squats for shoulder aint really that important, just train hard!