“But why do I only feel my arms when I do lateral raises? Where did my shoulders go?” Ah, the great existential question of every gym enthusiast who, with all the good will in the world, tries to sculpt those blessed balloon shoulders. We’ve all been there. You stand in front of the mirror, chest […]
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Ah, the old locker room question, the one every gym enthusiast has asked themselves at least once in front of the mirror with headphones in and a shaker bottle half full of protein. “Tomorrow I train shoulders even though today I pushed like crazy on chest?” Well, take a moment. Because behind that simple question
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Yes, let’s talk about it. The damned shoulder press. You’re going all out with your training, following your program as faithfully as a Zen monk follows meditation. You’ve increased the volume. You’ve increased the calories. You even did those famous “two motivational slaps” on your shoulder before each set, just to hype things up. Yet…
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You know when you feel in shape, you work out hard, and do all the exercises that are supposed to sculpt an action figure-worthy body. Then you look in the mirror and notice that, yes, your trapezius muscles look like two hills emerging from your shirt. …but what about your lateral shoulders? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
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The first time it happened to me was at the gym, I was doing lateral raises as usual, holding dumbbells and following my regular routine. I raised my arms, everything was normal… and suddenly pop, crack. A sharp sound, coming from inside my shoulder. I paused for a moment, surprised, thinking: “What does that come
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Okay, I admit it. I, too, was for years a devoted practitioner of the sacred overhead press. The scene was always the same. I positioned myself under the barbell with the look of someone about to enter battle, and then I decisively unracked it. I felt like a warrior. And for a while, I was.
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We’ve all been there. You walk into the gym full of good intentions, grab the dumbbells, position yourself for lateral raises and… go! The first two movements go fine. Then, all of a sudden, you feel that annoying tension creeping up your neck. Your traps. Again. These darn muscles always seem to steal the spotlight.
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Okay, friend. Let’s have a locker room chat. It’s back day. You’re pumped. Pre-workout circulating like lava in your veins. Right playlist in your headphones. You rack up the barbell, perform a row like a Spartan warrior, and then BAM… Lats on fire. Biceps pumped. Traps that look like two mountains. And the rear delts?
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Let me paint a picture you might know well. You’re at the gym. You’ve got dumbbells in hand. That playlist is on and you’re feeling invincible. You’re doing lateral raises, aiming for those Greek statue shoulders. You lift. You lower slowly. You resist. You focus. But nothing. Your lateral delts… no fire. No burn. Not
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Let’s be clear: there comes a point in every serious lifter’s journey when the usual chest/biceps split just isn’t enough. You’ve already built muscle mass, and even the guy at reception compliments your progress. But then, the results slow down like the post office line on a Monday morning. This is where advanced techniques come
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