Shoulder pressing

[puck121]

Nothing beats then the Arnold dumbbell press IMO

 

[incbb]

Who here doesn't do any kind of pressing for shoulders and what has built them the most?

overhead dumbell presses are great for delt mass



incbb

 

[Blakemore]

I found that doing power cleans and press helped my shoulders out. I'll just clean it and start shoulder pressing, been getting a lot stronger on these too. Also heavy incline presses helped me a lot, I do full body workouts now so I hit shoulders among everything else 3x a week, works great I think

 

[Kauto_star]

I don't simply because I don't like the exercise, and i much prefer other shoulder exercises.

Plus i got the stage a while back where i was heavy dumbell shoulder pressing, and as i train alone, at home, getting the dumbells into a starting position was getting almost dangerous.

 

[anarchocapitalist]

for a while all i was doing for my shoulders was pressing:

standing barbell press
seated db press
shrugs

and my shoulders got way rounder than wasting my time doing lateral exercises etc.

 

[Woolie]

I love pressing movements for my shoulders. However I almost never go heavy. When I press I go light with high reps and usually superset with a lateral raise and vary the angle. Btw I was a swimmer in college and have horrible shoulders, years of physical therapy and contemplated surgery. Only time I feel pain is if I do not take the time to warm up.

 

[j8282]

for a while all i was doing for my shoulders was pressing:

standing barbell press
seated db press
shrugs

and my shoulders got way rounder than wasting my time doing lateral exercises etc.

Hands down seated db presses but alternate with standing barbell press. I do not go as heavy like I use too but higher reps like 15-20. When you start chunking up 150 db's in each hand... heads start turning . Unfortunately most gym barely have anything heavier than 100's.

 

[jack of all]

My shoulders are the biggest they have ever been and I rarely press. All lateral work. Lots of diff ways to do laterals.

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[Chode Logan]

I haven't shoulder pressed in almost a year and my delts are by far my best bodypart. I truly believe you can build great shoulders without them. Some people swear by them and that's fine, but I do high rep rear delt flyes, laterals, and upright row after chest and they seem to be responding just fine.

 

[GreyScale36]

Hands down seated db presses but alternate with standing barbell press. I do not go as heavy like I use too but higher reps like 15-20. When you start chunking up 150 db's in each hand... heads start turning . Unfortunately most gym barely have anything heavier than 100's.

Each to their own. Personally - & no disrespect to yourself - I train for 'myself', not for my 'ego' or in order to 'turn heads'. . .it's just not worth the pain further down the road if longevity is part of your game plan.