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Questions tagged [deltoids]

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Training rear delts

I'm training the rear delts in a reverse-benchpress movement. The problem is maintaining consistent elbow positioning. It is too easy to compensate for progressive overload by tucking the elbows closer to ones torso than one should. Eventually one…
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Is external rotation really important for rear delt activation?

Why does this guy talk about external rotation when covering the topic of rear delt activation (at about 6:00)? I don't see how external rotation helps me extend my shoulders further backwards (I tried it both with and without external rotation).…
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Pain in Right Deltoid With Certain Exercise

When I attempt to do this exercise with 8lbs, I can barely lift my right arm, and my right deltoid actually hurts. I can lift my left arm easily. How to strengthen the right deltoid so it is symmetrical to left deltoid?
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How to avoid strained back muscles on lateral raise machine?

Whenever I use the lateral raise machine I get a really great connection with my side delts, but I also tend to activate the muscles on either side of the spine a little too much. The day after using the machine I almost always seem to get these…
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Lateral Deltoids (Shoulders) Hypertrophy: Any meta studies?

At homegym I only have 3kg (6.6lbs) dumbells. Every 3 days I do 80 reps. I can do 50 consecutive reps, than I do the 30 left reps consecutively. I do a check on my mirror and I see it being very contracted and stretched (the tension exists even at…
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How exactly do you activate your rear delts?

So the first three exercises here are supposed to target all three heads, right? So Jeff implies ("we're going to start with exercises that are going to hit all three heads at once"). But he said in another video that in order to activate your rear…
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