Exercises for wider shoulders

[Envirolover]

My shoulders have been lagging quite a bit. I was wondering if I am missing any exercises which could help. Currently I rotate..

Upright Rows

Military Presses

DB shoulder presses

Laterel raises

Shrugs

Anything I should add?

[AVBG]

rear delts.. having good rear delt development will improve posture and will add to the illusion.

[Frosty]

My shoulders have been lagging quite a bit. I was wondering if I am missing any exercises which could help. Currently I rotate..

Upright Rows

Military Presses

DB shoulder presses

Laterel raises

Shrugs

Anything I should add?

Can you answer a simple question? For each of those lifts, can you explain what muscles and what portions are worked the most based on your experience?

[crashcrew56]

give us an example routine with sets and reps

[Womanthrower]

Exercise wise if you've only ever done lateral raises with dumbbells, using cables or a machine can make a big difference.

[The Big Sexy]

I'd say you'd have to have some heavier sets in there for the pressing motions. Making your shoulders bigger is a great way to make them "wider"

[freakin huge]

i like front raises. i didn't see those listed. i do them with dumb bells as heavy as i can for 8 reps. works the traps nicely too.

[Envirolover]

Can you answer a simple question? For each of those lifts, can you explain what muscles and what portions are worked the most based on your experience?

Please excuse my lack of technichal knowledge when it comes to muscle groups. I am trying to work the span of my shoulders and side delts. I hit my rear delts on back days and they are coming in nice.

I feel all those exercises are targeting the area I need to grow but not much luck yet. I wanted to see if I was missing an important delt exercise.

[Envirolover]

give us an example routine with sets and reps

Standing military presses. 3 sets of 6-8 reps

DB press (palms facing each other) 3 sets 8-10

BB upright rows 3 sets of 10-12 reps.

DB lateral raises 3 sets of 12-15

[Frosty]

I feel all those exercises are targeting the area I need to grow but not much luck yet. I wanted to see if I was missing an important delt exercise.

Do the exercises listed will trash your lateral delts? Meaning if you did 20 sets of it today heavy and hard, in 2 days your lateral delts are very painful?

[REDBULL250]

Sometimes taking a break from heavy pressing movements will help and focusing more on raises of all angles, cable movements and maybe one moderate pressing movement for the entire workout. Your shoulders get a lot more work than you think from other exercises, you can easily overwork them and they will stop growing.

[RDFinders]

when i did my last show, i was told by the judges to bring my shoulders up a bit. i always felt they were lagging behind my quads - X factor is what i am going for with my physique.

i started training shoulders at the beginning the week, when i would be at my strongest. i alternated militaries, DB presses and cleans. so for a cycle i would do one of those movements. i cycle uprights in as well. when prep comes i add those back in and i will alternate between lower reps (12) and having a high day (50/40/30 reps). i also cycle with my side laterals - heavy/low reps, heavy/moderate reps and moderate weight/high reps. also my posing hindered how my shoulders came out or didn't. the focus with my shoulders has been keep them confused and push more blood into them for growth. just my 2 cents.

[BigJD69]

Arnold presses!!!!

[Frosty]

I think we're missing a fundamental thing here. If you can't do the lift and tell where it works, then how do you know if you're hitting your lateral delt well? You have to know this, otherwise you're guessing. Once you know, THEN you can play with different sets, reps, supersets, exercise orders, etc.

[BrotherIron]

Clean & Press and Push Press. These two will add serious thickness and overall mass to your shoulder and upper back.