how to train shoulders
As I had
promised in my previous post in my blog beast_fitness_tips I have
come up with shoulder workouts. However your body look like you have big arms,
chest or a six pack without having great shoulders they won’t look good. So you
should train your shoulders 2 to 3 times a week. In this I am going to say
about training shoulders.
First of all compounds: Shoulders have only some compound
exercises they are overhead press, upright rows and pike push ups, dips. You
should train every part of your shoulder to get boulder shoulders. Shoulder is
divided into three parts anterior deltoid, side deltoid and posterior deltoid.
They are also called as front delt, side delt and rear delt respectively. I
have explained about training rear delt in the post about how to train your
back. Now I am going to say about how to train anterior and side delts.
Over head press: This exercise trains your front delt and your
triceps also. Hold the barbell with your hands perpendicular to the floor .i.e.
hands are vertical then push the barbell up and make your hands straight then
slowly lower to the beginning position.
Upright rows: Do this with e-z bar because the plane of
motion of this exercise may injure your shoulder if you do this with a barbell.
Hold an e-z bar with both hands with a separation of shoulder width pull the
bar upright from bottom up to it reaches your head then slowly lower to the
starting position.
Dips: I
have said about dips in the post about training chest.
Some secret tips to train shoulders that
increase the rate of growth of shoulders
1.
LEARN MULTIPLE WAYS TO DO THE SAME
MOVEMENT
Small differences in how similar movements are done work the target
musculature in slightly different ways, allowing for greater overall stimulus. Arnold
sought out alternative exercises that worked a target muscle from slightly
different angles. When using dumbbells rather than the barbell on overhead
presses, for example, he deliberately lowered the weights several inches below
the bottom position of the barbell movement, and he brought them together at
the top to elongate the range of motion.
2.
ATTACK EACH DELT HEAD WITH A
SINGLE-JOINT MOVE
Arnold used single-joint movements to complement overhead presses and
isolate each delt head individually. Here, too, he sought subtle differences
that would, over time, build better overall size. For example, the cable
lateral raise in front of the body has a slightly different feel than when the
cable runs behind you. Knowing how to do a given movement pattern on different
pieces of equipment is, according to Arnold, essential for a bodybuilder to
take his physique to the next level.
3.
OVERHEAD PRESSES ARE YOUR BEST MASS
BUILDER
Multi joint movements like presses and upright rows are the best mass
builders for shoulders, since they engage the greatest degree of deltoid
musculature. Arnold would go heavy with these movements, especially early in
his workouts when his energy levels were highest. He commonly did presses both
behind and in front of his head for complete development.
4.
TRAIN UPPER TRAPS WITH DELTS
Because the upper traps get some degree of stimulation during many
shoulder exercises,
Arnold trained them with delts. His main upper-trap exercise was the
shrug, though he noted that maximizing the size of this muscle required a
number of other movements, including power pulls, cleans, and upright rows. Because
the range of motion in a shrug is fairly short, Arnold recommended backing off
on the weight in favour of being able to fully shrug your shoulders as high as
possible.
Isolation exercises for shoulders: As I said before there are more
isolation movements for training shoulders they are
Ø Front raises
Ø Lateral raises
Ø Arnold press
Ø Seated dumbbell press
Ø Alternating dumbbell press
Note: I
have said about building shoulder in this post. I will post about training
triceps in next post. Subscribe to my blog to get regular updates of fitness.
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