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 Move
Q: I like the one-arm cable high pull that you had in a recent newsletter. Working the lateral head in the upper “press” position without the danger of overhead-press joint compression is just what I needed to fill the gap. My question is, can I use two arms at once? I don’t have a lot of time to work out, so one-arm and one-leg moves aren’t good for me.
A: For those who don’t know what a cable one-arm high pull is, here’s trainer Vince McConnell demonstrating… [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 Details
Q: The before and after photos showing your new shoulder roundness were impressive. You did not mention sets. Did you do a lot more volume to get those gains?
A: I did not do more sets for shoulders; it was the key details that made the big difference (more on those in a moment). Here are my photos again for those who may have missed that newsletter… [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…]
Unique Shoulder-Size Exercise
Yesterday I discussed the one-arm cable delt pull, a hybrid front raise-lateral raise with a low cable.
I’m experimenting with it as an add-on move after the ideal medial-head exercise, striving for new shoulder roundness and fullness.
It puts the medial head in the high contracted position similar to [Read more…]
Older, Boulder Shoulders
Yesterday I discussed how, after using only the incline one-arm lateral and one-arm cable lateral for a while, the ideal medial-delt-head exercises, my shoulders had decent detail but remained somewhat flat.
I needed more roundness, a “cap” on my shoulders… [Read more…]
New Take on Shoulder Size
My son-in-law-to-be was back from his firefighter academy, and he and my daughter were over to wash their dog again in our outdoor shower…
He is a thick dude with good bodybuilding potential, but he’s always looking to broaden his shoulders. Genetics gave him somewhat narrow clavicles, so the only way to get wider is to build shoulder mass. [Read more…]
Front-and-Back Shoulder Mass
The kids were over again to bathe their dog Kingston in our outdoor shower. He’s a big, ferocious-looking Doberman-esque breed, but gentle as a teddy bear—even with our two terrier terrorists, one of which is a growling alpha nut job.
They are always ready for my go-to question (the kids, not the dogs): “So how are your workouts going?” [Read more…]