[chop_chops]

I was wondering if anyone could help me out to find a good exercise to increase the width and size of my side deltoid and strength?

[Luscious Lou]

side laterals, try them with dumbells and cables

[MikeNYY420]

Military press make sure you have good form, shoulder press and one arm bent over raises are what I do and I've had some good results.

[warrior111]

when you mean side delts, do you mean front?

if yes, anything pushing up vertically large front delts make you appear broader. Like said above Military press, shoulder press

if no, anything with your arms straight and lifting from your quads upwards in a semi circular motion e.g lateral raises

[asdasd]

side and front is totally different lol

[TylerDurden389]

Anyone ever try "burns"? You take 2 light dumbbells and hold them straight out at your sides for as long as you can. You can also hold them out to the front.

Once I've gotten to failure doing side laterals, I like to raise the dumbbells up as high as I can and just hold them them there for about 10 seconds.

[Luscious Lou]

i think meant side delts when he said side delts lol but yea military press is also a great overall shoulder building exercise

[ibanezman88]

ok, i used to have a HUGE problem with shoulder width.

the trick isn't to use heavy weight. at least for me it wasn't. here are various ways that help my shoulders get wider i.e. increase the size of my side-delts.

lightweight and high reps
short rest times
supersets
drop sets
giant sets *

try the dumbbell side laterals, standing, seated, alternating, with one arm, etc. always varry it. try some machines that work the side-delts once in a while for some variety. keeping them in shock is the way to go!

try all of these with the side laterals. the intensity should be very high.
giant sets work the best but they cannot be done more than twice a month IMO.

cable side laterals behind the back helped me a bunch as well. they work great when your side-delts pre-exhausted.

and lastly, a HUGE help to my quest for shoulder width was smith machine behind-the-neck presses.

many people will tell you to leave this exersise be because it's sooo easy to get injured. but try this. so around 3-4 sets of side laterals with high reps before doing these. that way, you'll be warmed up/pre-exhausted and won't have to go as heavy. the smith machine allows you to have more control and is safer for this dangerous exerisise. don't go heavy at all. the lowest reps you should be doing is 8 and do real slow and controled reps. have a spotter there with you.

if it feels bad or hurts the first time, don't do them. forget i said anything. they are not for everybody. but they've helped me develop my delts a whole lot.

but don't just get all caught up in only trying to get width. development in the whole delt is important. make sure your train them rear delts just as hard as you train them side-delts.