Favourite shoulder workout?
 

i have an all out shoulder workout once a week but no matter what i do i can't get them to feel ANY soreness whatsoever.

standing shoulder press (dumbell) - 4x12
side lateral raises (dumbell) 5x10

dont know the exact name of this one
bent over reverse flys (dumbell) 3x10

front lateral raises (dumbell) 4x8
sitting shoulder press (barbell) 3x6


any tips/advice? thank you

I like standing dumbell raises, using one arm.


I have that problem to. So sometimes ill just blast um just do more then usual. Or if i dont wake up feelin it again. Ill just hit um again not as hard but if you flex and u feel something. I suppose you did something?

Why do they have to be sore? My shoulders are rarely sore as well. It doesn't really worry me. Are you making strength gains? Size gains? Endurance increases?

You should judge your workout on solid goals and landmarks (objective) not on something subjective like "soreness."

IW

^^^ Ditto!

Agreed with IW,extreme soreness in a muscle usually (but not always) shows a lack of conditioning which is usually the case with bodybuilding type splits.

FWIW

Something that made my shoulders grow well in size was military push presses for about 20 reps rest paused followed with 2 sets of 15 side laterals.

I like arnold press and military press its really works for me and yes the one you are saying bend over reverse fly its for back side of the shoulder thats good one too.

I keep it simple with heavy military press's, dumbell shoulder press's and lateral + front raises.

i dont like upright row as it puts your rotator cuff at a high risk of injury.

Have your tried slowing down your reps? Thus stimulating the muscle for a longer period of time? I've found this to be quite useful. You can also try a standing military press/upright row superset, or a side lateral/front lateral raise superset

military press and lat raises, was doing bent over flyes and that maybe the cause of tear in back of shoulder that has put me down for two months

I just loved the Arnold press

Have you considered that you are overtraining anterior delts? Doing 11 sets for front delts and only three for rear delts is not only unnecessary but can lead to an injury or at the least severe forward rotation of the shoulder. 19 total sets for shoulders is a bit much for a natural athlete considering the amount of work the shoulders get from benching movements and rowing movements. IMO, if you insist on doing this many sets, at least even it out a bit. What I'm currently doing:
3 sets each- military press, Arnolds, db side laterals, machine side laterals, reverse DB flies, reverse pec Dec. Get in and out in under an hour and use 2-1-2 rep timing. -EK

This is a lot of volume too many sets,why dont you try pre-exhausion,ie super set a isolation exercise with a compound exercise.here is a example.

1. lateral raises to sides.super set with front press.3x10

2.bent over lateral raises,super set with bent over d/bell row.3x10

Or if you do not like super sets try drop sets ie,shoulder press 10 reps
drop weight 8 reps
drop weight 6 reps
drop weight 4 reps.

These make your delts burn,also try these on other exercises.

Hey Bartsd, I also use have exercise with dumbbells and feel me fit and have some kind of the better feeling's......

Try 3/4 movements on your pressing exercise's,Also try j reps on some exercises,for those who do not know what j reps are,you simply do just the top half of say lateral raises for 8 reps then rest 20 seconds then do the bottom half for 8 reps,you can do j reps with any exercises,the burn is worth it.

Well it is fantastic exercise workout and thanks for sharing this as i was not aware of this exercise and got many new ideas about shoulder exercise so thanks for sharing this.