Here are 3 ways to better your shoulder training and the second point might really surprise you.
1. Use more angles
Did you know that there are 7 separate, small heads within the deltoids? Yes, there are 3 main areas (anterior, medial and posterior deltoid) but these are broken down into 7 smaller heads.
This should give you a very good idea of why training your deltoids from multiple angles is a very good idea.
People will have to work through 2-4 different planes of motion with different forms of dumbbell or cable raises without stopping. This will involve moving from a point of biomechanical disadvantage (where your weaker) to a point of biomechanical advantage (where you are stronger). This works very well because as you're deltoids become fatigued you're targeting them from an angle where you are stronger, therefore you can continue to target them and hit different fiber types/areas of the deltoids.
2. Don't train traps!
When you are training your deltoids, it is VERY easy to move into a "shrugged" position as the tension breaks you down and leads to a great deal of discomfort. This is NO good if you want to force your deltoids to grow because ultimately all you are doing is allowing your f***ing traps to do the work for your deltoids, which are a smaller and weaker muscle group.
Keep your traps relaxed and mentally focus on allowing your deltoids to withstand the tension of the weight through each plane of motion. Do NOT let yourself start shrugging your traps because you're instantly losing the tension in the area where you need it.
Does that make sense?
3. Cross-over
Due to the position of your deltoids within the anatomy you're going to experience a lot of "cross-over" between different training days. For instance, on chest day you will experience a lot of tension in the anterior deltoids and perhaps to a lesser extent on back day you'll find this happen in your posterior deltoids.
With that said, you shouldn't train shoulders in an ideal world within 24 hours of a chest or back (mainly chest!!).
By giving your shoulders enough time between other workouts to recover you are doing 2 things:
A) allowing them to recover, therefore avoiding the potential of over stimulation which can, in fact, contribute towards atrophy rather than hypertrophy
B) allowing them to recover enough to be trained properly, without them becoming a weak link in your workout and lead to premature failure.
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