Exercises for wider shoulders

[Envirolover]

My shoulders wre nice and sore yesterday. I pre-fatigued them with real high rep lateral raises. After that I went heavy on the military presses. My delts are sore as well as my traps (shrugs). Feels awesome :-)

[buster12]

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"

agreed...

["Rodz"]

That's a good indicator that you're not really targeting and hitting your lateral delts hard.

There are some different ways to try to get around that issue. Pre-fatiguing the lateral delts before pressing motions will make them work harder during pressing. For example you could try a lateral delt isolation machine, then immediately hit up your OH press or upright row, then rest a little. Repeat this 10 or more times. See if that makes a difference in how sore your lateral delts are two days later. Go heavy, hard, and lots of sets so there's no question on what is sore

This has helped me a great deal, my rotator cuff is screwed from baseball, so my shoulder day looks like this

-Side Laterals

-Hammer Strength Shoulder press (using DB's causes my shoulder to "click")

-Front DB raises

-Rear Flyes ( on pec deck machine)

I'm happy to say i stay pain free and I just had to buy a new suit, I'm wearing a size 50 now