Shoulders

nheywood90
nheywood90 Posts: 12 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Need a new shoulder workout! My old one is boring and I have hit that plateu anyone have any good exercises you love?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    what have you been doing? My primary is a strict overhead press or a push press
  • nheywood90
    nheywood90 Posts: 12 Member
    My main exercise is overhead press
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    nheywood90 wrote: »
    My main exercise is overhead press

    It is the best lift there is for shoulders...if you want to push more weight, do a push press. Maybe throw in some assistance work of some kind. I wouldn't dream of not doing some kind of overhead press in my routine. It is a primary, compound movement.
  • alyhuggan
    alyhuggan Posts: 717 Member
    My current shoulder workout:

    Strict Standing Overhead Press - 4 sets 4-6 reps
    Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press - 3-5 sets 6-12 reps
    Smith Machine Incline Press OR Shoulder Press - 3-5 sets 8-12 reps
    Cable Side Lateral Raises - 4-5 sets 10-15 reps

    Simple but effective

    Tips that have worked for me to break through plateaus:

    My main tip for increasing SSOHP would be to do all reps from dead.

    Rather than using momentum to push more weight, pause each rep at the bottom for about a second to put more emphasis on the shoulders, I've progressed a lot more since doing this.

    Since I swapped to pausing all my bench presses my shoulder press has increased. I'm guessing this is due to the extra work placed on the front deltoid due to less momentum.

    Once your shoulder press weight is going back up you shouldn't find training shoulders boring ;)
  • nheywood90
    nheywood90 Posts: 12 Member
    Thanks for all the ideas and advice. This should help me up my shoulder game
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
    Try following the Starting Strength, Stronglifts, or 5/3/1 programs. You will never be bored, again.
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