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12-04-10, 1:19 pm
Without saying too much about my experience in training, I want to say that I have been as dedicated as you can be for some time, but now I have stopped bodybuilding because I have fell in love with MMA.
I now lift weights for endurance and to get as strong core as possible.
I have always had lagging shoulders, and I have approached them in so many ways to gain size but nothing seemed to work.
I did less and less stabilizing movements like standing military presses because I felt my core got a bigger workout than my shoulders, and I wanted only my shoulders to work as hard as possible and make the focus on my shoulders. I did allot of isolating movements like seated dumbbell curls and seated raises of many kinds and machines.
Now that I train mainly for core strength, I did a shoulder workout all standing with as much barbell as possible. Like standing military presses, barbell front raises, standing dumbbell presses and lateral raises and I have never ever been as sore in my shoulders before, two days later the soreness really kicked in, and that usually is a sign that my shoulders have been stimulated too much. Perfect.
I think this problem can translate into any other issue regarding growth of lagging body parts. So if you try to isolate too much it could be a smart thing to get back to basic heavy lifts, I have always been a true believer in free weights and basic lifts, I would never think that I was the one that was isolating too much, but now that I look back I could have been even more of a basic lifter.
Anyways, hope anyone found this useful. I would certainly if I found this some time ago.
I now lift weights for endurance and to get as strong core as possible.
I have always had lagging shoulders, and I have approached them in so many ways to gain size but nothing seemed to work.
I did less and less stabilizing movements like standing military presses because I felt my core got a bigger workout than my shoulders, and I wanted only my shoulders to work as hard as possible and make the focus on my shoulders. I did allot of isolating movements like seated dumbbell curls and seated raises of many kinds and machines.
Now that I train mainly for core strength, I did a shoulder workout all standing with as much barbell as possible. Like standing military presses, barbell front raises, standing dumbbell presses and lateral raises and I have never ever been as sore in my shoulders before, two days later the soreness really kicked in, and that usually is a sign that my shoulders have been stimulated too much. Perfect.
I think this problem can translate into any other issue regarding growth of lagging body parts. So if you try to isolate too much it could be a smart thing to get back to basic heavy lifts, I have always been a true believer in free weights and basic lifts, I would never think that I was the one that was isolating too much, but now that I look back I could have been even more of a basic lifter.
Anyways, hope anyone found this useful. I would certainly if I found this some time ago.