Shoulders are one muscle group which is commonly overlooked in the overall bodybuilding scheme of things. Most people start their week with a nice day dedicated to chest. Back day follows. Everyone knows you must include a leg day. And no bodybuilder in his right mind will ever skip an arm day. This leaves shoulder training day as the least exciting, least glamorous lifting day of the week, and very likely the one most likely to be skipped should five days of lifting in a single week not be a viable option.

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Shoulders are one muscle group which is commonly overlooked in the overall bodybuilding scheme of things. Most people start their week with a nice day dedicated to chest. Back day follows. Everyone knows you must include a leg day. And no bodybuilder in his right mind will ever skip an arm day. This leaves shoulder training day as the least exciting, least glamorous lifting day of the week, and very likely the one most likely to be skipped should five days of lifting in a single week not be a viable option.

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Properly developing your side deltoids is essential for appearing as wide as the next guy (or wider!) on the bodybuilding stage. Fully developed, thick rear deltoids are needed if you want to be as thick as the next guy from all back and side angled poses. And when it comes to properly displaying an impressive front pose of any kind – from most muscular to front double biceps to a single standing front relaxed – a set of fully developed front deltoids is essential! Here are some tips for helping you to improve this muscle group to keep up with your peers, or to making them so impressive that you knock your peers off the bodybuilding stage!

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When it comes to building shoulders for bodybuilding competition, there is almost no such thing as too wide. A bodybuilder can be too tall and lanky, and blown away by guys with a lot more muscle. He can be too short and stocky, and knocked off in competition by competitors with insane vascularity and aesthetics. A bodybuilder can be ripped to shred with other-worldly conditioning, and lose the show to a man with less condition but far better lines. However, in the history of bodybuilding, a man has never lost a show because his shoulders were too wide. It is the Adonis goal, set forth by Steve Reeves decades ago and still striven for by millions of bodybuilders worldwide.   If you were born with the genetics for wide shoulders, you have nothing to worry about. You can ...

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Weightlifters train their body parts in the gym and have some muscular body parts, right? Bodybuilders, on the other hand, possess a total package of overall thickness. From their calves all the way up to their traps, they are one functional machine, rather than a collection of body parts combining to deliver added efficiency. One muscle group which is always seen on bodybuilders and very rarely seen on these “body part weightlifters” is the rear deltoids. Training them isn’t glamorous. They don’t show up in most poses. And nobody will ever ask you to flex them. However, developing them is one of the keys to moving from weightlifter to bodybuilder status. Upper back and rear deltoid thickness can make a huge difference in body weight, core power, and well as the overall appearance you deliver. Let’s look at a few exercises which specifically target the rear deltoids.

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While dealing with bodybuilding presentation, there are certain muscle areas that you just can’t hide. The front deltoids, also known as the shoulders, are one of these certain areas. You can see them in every pose whether they’re facing forwards or backwards; the front deltoids make up the top two corners of the bodybuilding physique. Having massive front deltoids can make the chest and arms appear much larger, and with good side deltoids can give the figure a very nice V-taper. The following are exercises that will give the deltoids a great work out.

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There is often a debate in professional bodybuilding as to whether or not highly-developed trapezius muscles contribute to a thick bodybuilding physique, or if they cause the upper body to appear bunched-up.  The winner at bodybuilding shows is the man who possesses the physique which looks the best – largest and most symmetrical.  It is true that for more narrow bodybuilders’ highly developed traps muscles might detract some perception from shoulder width.  For top amateur or professional bodybuilders, this is a legitimate concern.  If you are a beginner or intermediate trainer, you should be doing direct weight training work for the traps.  Here are a few tips for properly completing barbell shoulder shrugs.

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Many decades ago in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, bodybuilders often trained the entire body two to three times per week. Obviously this involved fewer sets than the one-body part-per-week routines used by most bodybuilders today. However, in an era where the drug regimens amounted to “a handful of Deca per day” and pre-contest diets were composed of “a can of tuna for lunch”, the athletes managed to achieve a very high level of physique development. While the trainers of today employ drug regimens, which allow for recovery from 30+ set days per body part, the training they used decades ago (hitting each body part twice per week) was effective then, and is effective now. Let’s look at a good 3-day per week split.

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When it comes to bodybuilding presentation, there are some muscle groups, which are impossible to hide. The front deltoids (shoulders) are one such muscle group. Visible in every single front and side pose, the front deltoids are the top left and right ‘corners’ of the bodybuilding package you present onstage. Thick front deltoids make the chest and arms look powerful and help (in conjunction with the side deltoids) to accomplish a pleasing V-taper. Here are a few exercises to help build the front deltoids.

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It would be easy to feature a garden-variety delt article that talked about well-rounded training and the use of specialized sets, such as giant sets or drop sets, and it would correctly represent what it is to train delts. Let’s face it, lots of things work for lots of people at one time or another. But the problem with most routines is they can only take you so far before they cease working and you have to move on to something else. Which is why it’s a misconception to generalize and say that any change is enough to shock the body into growth again. Truth is, not just any change will do. It must be the right change.

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