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Originally Posted by ZiR RED  If you are trying to build overall mass, then all you need are over head presses using a full range of motion. This recruits all three heads.
Furthermore, your front delts receive sufficient secondary work from chest press exercises (bench press, incline press, flyes, etc.) and your rear delts from rowing exercises (bent over barbell rows, pulley rows, chins and pull downs, etc.).
The only times I see the need to add in raises and isolation movements into your delt work is if you are an advanced competitive bodybuilder with unproportional heads. But, for most case and purposes, going crazy with lateral, front, and rear raises only puts added wear and tear on your rotator cuff with very little benefit.
Br |
This is very interesting that you say this.. So if you're doing all the other excersizes, in reality you could be over training your body and potentially preventing gains and not even knowing it..
Because to be truthful, I have always thought that I needed to work Military presses, then do fronts, then do sides, then do rear. But if your saying that our shoulder's get enough of a workout with other excersizes and with the shoulder being a small.. BUT... Compound bodypart.. Then your shoulder workout could consist of only
Military presses, either front or rear, depending on your skill level.. and to be honest I do perform them front and rear..
Even thou my wife the PT ( physical therapist) says it really bad for the shoulders. It puts your shoulder in a position where things can rub together and cause problems down the road. And she pulled out her books and diagrams and showed me all the medical names for everything and it did make sense.
How about:
Forgo the side, front and rear raises.
What about Upright rows?
Shrugs and your done..
Chris
