Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Building Colossal Shoulders !

Afer hitting a plateu not too long ago with my shoulder development I started a new routine that I have started noticing great results from.  The workout consists of a giant set of 4 exercises followed by some work on the cables to fill the muscles with as much blood as possible.

It goes as follows :
Warmup :
-1 set of light front raises and side laterals for 20 reps
-1 set of light arnold press for 20 reps
-50 pushups
The GIANT set:
-Seated dumbell press (10 reps)
-Side Lateral raises (12 reps)
-Rear lateral raises (seated) (12 reps)
-Dumbell shrugs (to failure)

You should use the same weight for the 2 raises and the same weight for shrugs and presses
Do the giant set 4 times in total, with about 2 or 3 mins rest between sets.
Its important to not go to heavy and rather use a weight that allows you to isolate the muscles as much as possible. Focus on using the delts for the laterals and traps for the shrugs.

Cables :
Finish up the workout with 4 sets of upright rows with about 20 reps per set. Focus on getting a pump and ensure you are rowing the weight as high as possible, keeping the elbows above the wrists.

All in all you will have done 20 working sets and over 216 reps! This will definitely be enough to get those shoulders growing

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