Good shoulder exercises

[justregularguy]

What shoulder exercises can you recommend?

I feel like my shoulders need some work. All I do are overhead presses with the expander maybe I should do more.

I also played around with lateral raises but they seem to work my upper traps more than my actual shoulders what's up with that. I already have big upper traps they don't need work, it's the shoulders that I wanna grow.

What else is there that I can do with weights or bands? Do you know some exercises?

[Bob50]

Check sierraexercise.proboards.com/thread/723/bob50s-self-resistance-exercises, post #1. All 6 exercises with a stick involve the shoulder muscles.

[gruntbrain]

An adjustable suspension device can nicely work the shoulders with multiple exercises and varying intensities .

[justregularguy]

Apr 9, 2019 17:55:52 GMT gruntbrain said:

An adjustable suspension device can nicely work the shoulders with multiple exercises and varying intensities .

I don't know where I can attach that in my apartment

[gruntbrain]

Note Bruce's door anchor works with his suspension strap .

[justregularguy]

Finally found a save way to do the lateral raises with weights. I lowered the weight a lot to a point where it's embarassingly low. I can move much more, but I need to kinda get a feel for the exercise and let my body adjust to it first. I also changed the way I do the exercise. I do it with my thumbs pointing upwards to get more external rotation and an overall better shoulder position while doing the lateral raises. Doesn't bother my impingement this way. Due to externally rotating the arms, I mainly work the front delts if I'm standing upright. If I wanna shift the emphasis on the middle delts I just lean forward 4 or 5 inches so my upper arms are in a position where the middle delts are parallel to the ground even though I externally rotate my arms a bit. That leaning forward kinda evens it out again.

Didn't feel it burn or anything, I never get that when I do new exercises but I could actually see the fibers of the shoulder muscles jumping around. Felt like I got a bit of a pump. Will now incorporate this exercise into my training routine. The only real shoulder exercise I did before were UCV raises with the anchor and some bands and overhead presses with the expander.

I also focus more on floor chest flys now because my chest is weak AF. I think the floor flys might work the front delts a little too.

[justregularguy]

Apr 9, 2019 19:14:04 GMT gruntbrain said:

Note Bruce's door anchor works with his suspension strap .

That's interesting, I might get one in the future. It's just the shipping costs, the taxes, driving to the custom office that keeps me from buying one.

[Michael]

Here are some unique shoulder exercises. The one he does lying face down is different.

[justregularguy]

Apr 11, 2019 21:28:56 GMT Michael said:

Here are some unique shoulder exercises. The one he does lying face down is different.

That's super useful will try out all these exercises and sequences

[Mr Average]

[justregularguy]

Already doing all of these. Front chest pulls/reverse flys for the rear delts, one my my better developed muscles.
Overhead presses for the front delts
UCV raises for the front delts
And now I started doing lateral raises for middle delts.

Don't feel any of those a lot in my shoulder to be honest. Never feel it really burn. Still see some growth though so I'll keep it going

[mr potatohead]

Apr 12, 2019 20:45:38 GMT Mr Average said:

Thanks for posting this video.
As I exercise, I follow the feeling of the exercise. I don't do stunt moves, like straight bar deadlifts or KB performances, so I'm not really concerned about form. I want exercise to avoid pain, be comfortable, warm me up and feel good. It's what Elliott mentions briefly in this video soundbite @ 5:45. It's very basic to my philosophy of exercise for non-sport/non-professional-athlete/non-competitors, i.e., for me. 

Elliott:....... I manipulate where my arms and hands end up, based on how it feels on that particular day. ....