For bodybuilders – particularly natural trainers – the shoulders are among the toughest areas to develop. Sure, you will occasionally run into a genetic freak that developed cannonball delts scratching his backside in the morning. However, for most of us, the shoulders are a very tough area to develop, and one that only sees success after years of dedicated and consistent training. Here are a few questions you should ask yourself if your shoulders aren’t up to par. Are you going heavy enough? On the heavy movements such as seated dumbbell military press and barbell overhead press, you should be stopping at 6 to 8 repetitions because you reach failure. If you are regularly able to complete 12 to 15 repetitions, it’s a pretty good sign that you just aren’t training heavy enough. What are your genetic limitations? Look at the ...

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Muscle confusion is a principle which seems to have fallen by the wayside in recent years. Most of the time, when we enter the gym, we have a pretty good idea what our routine will look like. We tackle the same several compound movements, and a few isolation movements. After all, there really aren’t that many different approaches one can take to exercise – there are only so many movements. We usually complete 6 to 12 repetitions of a movement, then rest for several minutes. Then we increase the weight by 10 to 20%, and we complete fewer repetitions. We do this several times for each exercise, and then we call it a day. The problem with traditional training is that our bodies adapt to challenges very quickly. If you’ve been training in ...

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