[quote]DanErickson wrote:
For me keeping my arms straight jsut feels flat out dangerous when I am doing the movement. A lot of strain in all the wrong areas.[/quote]
my arms always have a slight bend to them.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
The Mighty Stu wrote:
If you feel it in your traps, it’s simply a matter of dropping your poundages somewhat, and focusing on only moving from the shoulder joint. Also, there’s no reason to go above parallel to the floor.
Too many people feel they need to lift huge weights, and all that happens is that they never develop a good ‘capped’ look on their delts.
S
i already have a capped look in my delts. it was one of the first noticeable physique changes i made. i never had a problem with my shoulders, well outside i didnt but inside they are actually pretty fucked.
cant go behind my neck and they always crack. i think one is a little offset too but nonetheless ive never had aesthetic problems.
You do have decent delt ‘caps’ (checked your profile pics), but I think a lot of your taper is the result of your small waist. I’m not sure of your weight, but it get a lot harder to have such a taper as you get closer (and over) 200 lbs. I know that’s why I personally started killing my medial delts. From doing so much heavy PL work, there was no way I would ever have a 29" waist, so I needed to increase the width of my shoulder span. It needed to be evident, not just in a shirtless crab pose, but through even a heavy sweatshirt. I had my training partner yesteray tell me I was looking like Kevin Levrone, in that my delts seem to be overpowering my chest… Great for my delts (bad for my chest! -lol)
Even when I do back off on the laterals (or do the machine, or cables instead), 90 percent of the time I start my shoulder work with some sort of medial head movement before I do any pressing. I just find it’s better overall for the entire shoulder (IMHO)
S
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Totally agree with stu. I personally grabbed lighter dumbbells, improved form and increased the reps. It’s the first time I started to see tangible visual results. Now I’m thinking to start with pressing movements to go up on the bench, anyways higher reps can come after heavy pressing movements.
My little tip (just discovered it myself tinkering around…) - check out lat raises done same as usual but with a thumbless grip. For me it feels like it isolates the lateral head better!