[quote]The Rattler wrote:
[quote]flipcollar wrote:
overhead barbell pressing has been the absolute best thing for my shoulders. I used to rely on dumbbell presses and lateral raises, and I never had good shoulders. I didn’t like barbell pressing because it was uncomfortable. Now that’s pretty much all I do for my shoulders, and they look 10 times better than they used to. I do them strict, and standing. As for the shoulder girdle width thing, forget about that. You don’t know if that’s an issue for you until you’ve actually got some muscle. Put on significant muscle in your shoulders, and then decide if that’s really an issue. I always thought my structure sucked for adding muscle and looking good, until I added the muscle. Basically, those sorts of issues tend to work themselves out.[/quote]
I found the exact opposite with overhead BB pressing. I got pretty strong on it (and DB pressing) but my shoulers never really grew all that much. I haven’t overhead pressed in a while now (maybe a month ago but with real light DBs for very high reps) and I’ve focused on high rep lateral/rear delt raises with good results. I also always found that overhead pressing made my shoulders feel dodgy, it could have been a form issue but there’s nothing wrong with my shoulders anymore.
Lorez: keep up your training man. Prove me wrong about your methods. As for the creatine, CEE tastes like absolute shit and I noticed no benefit when I used it a while ago. I have been meaning to start using creating mono again recently but haven’t got round to it. Are you using a creatine product that has lots of other stuff in it too? Maybe try just straight creatine.[/quote]
I like this post. The same exercises don’t work for everyone. You have to try things and figure out what works for you. No book or article or study is going to tell you which exercises will be best for YOUR shoulders to grow.
Also agree on the creatine mono by itself, forgot to mention that.