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what's wrong with my shoulders?

Xphobicas Posts: 98 Joined: 2002/09/19	2002/11/04, 11:53 AM I have a shoulders and back work out day i do every week.For shoulders i start off with 3 sets of 6-8 reps of the standing barbell military press.I then do 3 sets of 6-8 reps for the front dumbell raise and then 3 sets of 6-8 reps for lateral raise.I then finish with reverse lateral raise.I am not seeing much gains though in my delts even though i have been doing this for a month.I only do this routine once a week so what am i doing wrong?I eat 5-6 meals a day so it can't be my diet?
dang Posts: 76 Joined: 2002/09/06	2002/11/04, 12:16 PM Pressing movements are for mass and the other ones are for definition. What are you trying to see? bigger shoulder width? or more definition? I usually start my shoulder routine with millitary presses and do 5-6 sets. The first two are pretty light so that I can warm them up. I then do 4 good heavy sets. This is to try and add mass to my shoulders. I then do side laterals, then dumbell presses and finish off with bent over side laterals. The shoulder has three heads to it and depending on the angle you look at them, you'll get a different perspective on them. It's important to try and work out all of your shoulder and not just the front. I also do heavy shrugs after my shoulder workout. Having broad shoulders is not nessecerarilly having big shoulders, but having the apearance of having broad shoulders. It helps to have good definition between your traps and your shoulders. Try adding some exercises for your rear shoulders and some for your traps too. Might just help.