Did coach ever have a webinar or YouTube video on shoulder exercises for long arms???
Any advice is appreciated. Abnormally long arms.
Thanks.
Not coach but as a long-armed dude who developped good shoulders, here’s my 2 cents
• On raises/flyes imagine you push the weight outwards not upwards
• Don’t go too high on lateral raises, stop even before parallel
• Most of your shoulder volume should be isolation imo. You’ll suck at press, but can become good at raises
• Don’t be afraid of high reps
• Adopt a narrower grip with elbow more on front of you on presses
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Thanks for the response. For overhead presses, you’re suggesting a shoulder width grip? Or bench presses as well?
What do you mean by elbows more in front of you?
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Yeah around shoulder width or a little bit wider.
Don’t let your elbows flare, either on bench or presses. Enough stress already on your joints
@aldebaran Grateful for this. At 5’5" I’ve got a 1.1 (6") ape index and find my delts to be the hardest to train (size and strength-wise). Made a terrible mistake a few years back trying to grow my delts with a press-dominant program. I’m still recovering from it.
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1.1 is crazy! You should rock climb!!
I love presses, and I don’t have the worst genetics for them but I’ve had my best progress with almost 0 or 0 press templates. Try sometimes a classic chest and shoulder Meadows template:
A/ Decline DB Bench 2 x 10 + drop
B/ Incline Bench 3 x 6-8
C/ Fly 2 x 12 + isohold
Maybe another exercise in the pump or stretch category.
D/ Lateral Raise 3-4 x 10-15 or Heavy Partial Raise 3 x 20-30
E/ Rear Delt Fly 3-4 x 15-20 or something crazy like the Destroyer Swing Set to end the session
F/ if only 3 chest exercises why not finish with a press or something more “health related” (6-Ways Raise, Spidercrawls, Facepulls…)
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