Rear delts are more important than lats for non-competitors

[Biggerp73]

Actually saw a guy in the gym yesterday who was a good example of this. Short guy, pretty lean, good shoulders, pecs, arms, and back, but not necessarily big. But sick rear delts. When you saw those it was undeniable and unmistakable that he was a bodybuilder.

 

[qbkilla]

When I watched the video posted I thought the round the world exercise looked a little silly, like some pt stuff. Tried it today, not gonna lie, I felt it in the Rd more than reverse pec dec. I guess you would call that a concentric only exercise...there is really no lowering you just pull back hit the rear delt then circle it vs just lower and repeat.... either way no eccentric portion, but I do feel it more when doing the circle motion. Never seen these done in a gym probably a good thing lol

 

[MAD_SCIENTIST]

When I watched the video posted I thought the round the world exercise looked a little silly, like some pt stuff. Tried it today, not gonna lie, I felt it in the Rd more than reverse pec dec. I guess you would call that a concentric only exercise...there is really no lowering you just pull back hit the rear delt then circle it vs just lower and repeat.... either way no eccentric portion, but I do feel it more when doing the circle motion. Never seen these done in a gym probably a good thing lol

@qbkilla ... you'll start seeing gym rats doing the "around the world" excercises.
You'll start thinking they must be ProM members.

MS

 

[qbkilla]

@qbkilla ... you'll start seeing gym rats doing the "around the world" excercises.
You'll start thinking they must be ProM members.

MS

IMO gym rats must be following Paul Carter and that n1 dude. Months ago every kid skinnier then me was doing one arm cable long head kickback. Now they are all doing some sort of unilateral back pull down lying on an incline bench...secrets of the pros. Also noticing tons of people hitting lateral raises daily...like 8 dudes and girls were doing side delt raises yesterday...no idea who they got that from...5 years ago you'd barley see anyone hitting side or rear delts

 

[dantes]

Competitors, almost without fail, have shot their delts to shit so it doesn't matter how they train. It's like one third of the delt is scar tissue.

Very true. The biggest difference in 90s bodybuilders to today is delts. Because guys now shoot so much SEO and gear there. The delts on these guys have almost no feathering yet there so lean their glutes are dug out. The delts on these guys now are almost comical sometimes. Your medial delt simply does not get that big without shooting loads of shit in there.