You saw my example of efficiency of effort using the ideal medial-delt exercise: one-arm cable laterals for your medial-delt heads… [Read more…]
More Sets for More Mass?
In the last training newsletter I recommended the full Positions-of-Flexion workout from the Exercise Guide for someone who is in their 40s or younger with average or above average recovery ability. [Read more…]
“You Flip-Flopped on Overhead Presses”
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…]
7-Minute Cannonball-Delt Workout
Old Man Young Muscle 2 has spawned questions, like: How can you completely train a muscle for mass in less than 10 minutes? [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…]
Indirect Mass Effect, Part 4
Next up in our discussion is shoulders… [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…]
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