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! First, you should always include seated front dumbbell presses. This movement, more than any other, provides an incredible level of unadulterated ...

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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 ...

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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. The Machine Press There’s a plethora of exercise machines in the gym from different manufacturers that were made to concentrate on the front deltoid heads, they do this by having the exerciser lift the weight in a particular movement. These machines are popular because they’re very secure and ...

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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. Find a squat (or power) rack and make it yours.  If your gym only has one squat rack available for use, it’s poor etiquette to use it.  Leave ...

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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. Splitting It Up Monday and Friday should include legs, chest, back, deltoids, biceps, triceps ...

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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. Barbell Presses Standing or seated, with a barbell at neck level and an underhand grip, slowly press the bar over your head in a smooth, controlled motion. Most trainers recommend avoiding the behind-the-neck variation, which puts the rotator cuff in an awkward position. Instead, keep the weight on the front upper chest. ...

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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. The other problem with most routines is the fact that 99% of them rarely address the actual mechanics at play within that muscle group (more ...

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