Q: I notice that you have overhead presses in The Ultimate-Mass Exercise Guide. I thought they were dangerous and damaging to the shoulder joint. Why did you flip-flop?
A: It’s only half a flip-flop. Let me explain… [Read more…]
I Was Wrong on Overhead Press (kind of)
I’ve been on Team Brignole for awhile, bashing the overhead press as a shoulder-joint killer… [Read more…]
Forgotten Delt-Trap Mass Builder
After the newsletters on direct-indirect work for each muscle, my first training partner from way back in high school emailed me about lateral shrugs… [Read more…]
Face Pulls for Delts and Back Mass
Q: Loved the newsletters on the direct-indirect mass effect. I have a cable setup, so I’m wondering what you think of face pulls for indirect middle delts and upper back toward the end of the workout. I thought it could replace the dumbbell lateral shrugs you suggested. [Read more…]
Middle-Delt Mass Workout
In the past few newsletters, I’ve had a few eye-opening quotes from hypertrophy researcher Chris Beardsley on the middle-delt heads…
To summarize, he said that while it’s common to divide the deltoid into three heads, it’s really seven divisions. He followed that up by saying that exercise variety is needed for full, complete development. [Read more…]
2 New Moves for Middle-Delt Mass
Yesterday, I shit-canned a few exercises for the middle-delt head, including standing or seated lateral raises, overhead presses, and, for the most part, upright rows.
The ideal exercise, with the most mass punch for the side head, is the one-arm cable lateral with pulley set at just below waist height. However… [Read more…]
Use More Angles for Delt Mass (Researcher)
Packing mass on the side head of the deltoid is a difficult task for the majority of us…
That’s because most of the popular exercises that stress that middle shoulder area are crap… [Read more…]
Arnold’s Shredded Shoulders
Q: You mentioned that Arnold liked a seated cable lateral. Did he do them sitting on the floor? Why not just do them standing?
A: He actually did them sitting on a low stool. He could probably tell by feel that the low position put him at a better height for an ideal resistance curve than doing them standing when the pulley is set near the floor… [Read more…]
New Shoulder Size Hercules Style
In my rants about physique aesthetics and symmetry, I referenced Steve Reeves a few times… [Read more…]
New Shoulder Size (photos)
A few weeks, ago I mentioned that I was adding a contracted-position exercise for my medial-delt head at every upper-body workout… [Read more…]