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The Shoulder Workout -Master Tip- (EVERY EXERCISE)

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If I could give you one tip for your shoulder workout that would improve the results you see on every shoulder exercise you do, this would be it. I-m calling this one the shoulder workout -master tip- for good reason. In this video, you will see how you can instantly fix one thing about every shoulders exercise you do that will increase the results you see from doing the exercises. It starts with a quick test. Stand up and raise your arms out to your sides to shoulder level. When there, take a look at yourself in the mirror and see if you did what I am showing you not to do; shrug your shoulder. You can test by reaching across and grabbing the upper trap on the opposite side. Did you notice that it is very tense? If so, you likely used a great deal of upper trap activation to lift your arm and minimized the contribution of the deltoid. This is a big mistake if you are trying to get your delts to grow. The upper traps are overactive in virtually every single person, mostly because of the postures that we find ourselves in every single day. We are either sitting at a desk hunched over or texting on our phone, both of which tend to cause us to inadvertently shrug. The traps can get a bit tight and tend to jump into action every time we go to execute a chest exercise where we are pushing a lot of weight. We can-t allow this to happen. Not only is this not wanted but it is actually getting in the way of a complete and isolated contraction of the delts. For best results and strength of contraction in your delts you want to be able to get your shoulder girdle depressed not elevated. The lower traps are the primary muscles responsible for depressing the shoulder blades prior to executing reps on your shoulder exercises. When depressing your shoulders during a shoulder exercise you immediately feel the intensity of the contraction increase in your deltoids without the substitution that occurs commonly in the upper traps. This can be applied to every single shoulder exercise you do, which again is why this is called the master tip. Prior to performing a shoulder press for example, you want to depress the shoulders when in the 90 degree position at the start of the exercise and then proceed into the press. Doing this, you ensure that you aren-t cheating the weights up but using the contraction of the deltoids to drive the weights up. For even more of a contraction, think of pulling your biceps in towards your ears rather than just pressing the weights overhead. This should make the deltoids contract even harder and perhaps the hardest you-ve ever experienced in a shoulder exercise. The next exercise you can do this on is side delt raises. Before you fix this, you may want to actually just check your traps. Likely they are going to automatically shrug because of the overactivity. Correct it the same way by activating the lower traps and pulling your shoulders down. From here, reach your arm out and away from your body to lift the weight without letting the traps kick back in and shrug the weight up. You will actually be able to see the difference in the contraction if you try this with and without the attention of keeping the shoulders down. Finally, you can do this on the other shoulder raises as well. The rear delt raise and the front delt raises present the same challenge. Before simply lifting the weights up be sure to actively depress the shoudlers and then lift the weight. Remember in the case of the rear delt raise you aren-t pressing down towards the floor but back and down towards your butt because of the altered position of your body during the exercise
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

Daniel
What I really want to know is how to cure shoulder pain. It wakes me up at night. I usually can't lift my arm using my shoulder in the morning. Side note, I haven't had time to lift seriously for about five years. Only farm work, bucking hay, unloading 250 and 300 pound barrels and moving farm equipment to hitch up and lifting butter cases that weigh 24, 30 and 55 pounds and sometimes 70 pound pallets that need to be carried through a maze at my regular job.
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sport
I had an accident with an 18-wheeler. Died briefly and brought back. My left shoulder has the bone on the top of my shoulder that is part of clavical poking up about an inch. Surgeon said it wasn't worth it if it isn't killing you. I have weakness and lack of definition on my left side (where messed up shoulder is) and i'm having difficulty not involving traps. Can you clarify or speak to my situation Jeff?
-Jeff
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FreeStar5678
Jeff I-m told by the Doc/Surgeon that I need a complete shoulder replacement, ie a reverse geometry. What you are saying is THIS IS THE NO. ONE LESSON TO INSURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS. It is an advanced muscular placement to in shoulder safety. Pay Attention. Thanks Jeff. -from a female. A woman that applauds what SHE sees. Stop with the guys thing. Ging xx
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Luis-alberto
I wanted to try for the old-school iron program: I know 6 are tricky cause you are leaving out some good motions for development. Squat, overhead press, back row, deadline, chest press, and pull ups. I respect your style and effort in bringing science to bear on an important aspect of overall development. I appreciate you.
Thanks
Luis Meyreles
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Mike
O yea I can really feel the difference in my shoulder exercises doing this I had my rotator cuff and Bicep completely tore in half and repaired 3 years ago and have keep up light duty exercises on both shoulders, But I feel a real difference in pushing my shoulder down first every time, Wow 10 pounds per rep I feel it a little bit harder Thanks
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Brandon
Thank you for this! I am a bass player who typically wears a 30-40 pound instrument on my shoulders for anywhere from 1-6 hours a day and have been trying to figure out where I am experiencing pain. Seeing this made me realize how much I am cheating just holding the instrument up! No wonder there-s so much pain there. Thank you again.
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Robert
Awesome tips! Very helpful showing us how to see if were making the same mistake. Suggestion for future video: My partner suffers from sciatica pain and during flareups, are there any exercises that can be done to work through a flareup? Sometimes mobility is very restricted due to the pain, but she still wants to exercise.
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ashish
Jeff this tip really works wonders. Every time i used to do shoulder workout, i dont use to feel ot, so thought maybe it is supposed to take time to feel it. But the instant i follow this tip, i felt what workout of every delt feels like.
Thank you for the tip Jeff.
You are doing amazing work.
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Handyman
I have never found someone who describes the shoulder and back pain I have been experiencing so accurately. I am excited to start a workout routine based on your tips and think it is going to solve a lot of my issues. Thank you for the useful information
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Kenneth
This is gold. I've been in and out of the gym for 4 months, training intensely specifically my shoulders. Didn't know i've been doing them wrong since i've come across this video. You, Sir, are truly a master of physical development. Kudos, Mr. Cavalier!
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