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Unique Move to Blow Up Your Delts Big Time

In the Pre-Ex 3X Mass Workout you suggest lateral raises followed by presses to start delts? I have an injured shoulder, so presses are out. Dumbbell upright rows are okay, but I have a hard time really feeling them. Are rack high pulls okay as the compound exercise?


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Unique Move to Blow Up Your Delts Big Time

Q: In the Pre-Ex 3X Mass Workout you suggest lateral raises followed by presses to start delts? I have an injured shoulder, so presses are out. Dumbbell upright rows are okay, but I have a hard time really feeling them. Are rack high pulls okay as the compound exercise?

A: Rack high pulls are good, but the tension tends to fall off the delts at the bottom of the stroke. Still give them a try and see if your delts blow up big and round the way they should with a pre-ex sequence.

Another option is in the Q&A section of the Pre-Ex 3X Mass Workout. You either missed it or you got so motivated when you got to the pre-ex routine that you hit the gym without reading that last chapter. The answer is low W presses…

We got this one from Matt Christianer, a physique star who was featured in IRON MAN magazine recently. The photos of him above are pretty self-explanatory–and you’ll feel these in your entire shoulder complex.

Because of the unique angle, you can probably do your W press with the same dumbbells you use for the preliminary laterals. After your last rep on laterals, lower the weight to your thighs, take a breath, then clean them up into position. Immediately start pressing–out and slightly up.

You’ll feel your shoulders working in a unique way–and the burn will kick in after the first few reps. Keep driving them out till you get your rep count–usually 10 on most pre-ex supersets…

After your Pre-Ex 3X sequence of laterals and W presses, rest for a minute or so, then move to the stretch-position exercise for delts to complete the full-range Positions-of-Flexion chain–either one-arm cable laterals or incline one-arm laterals.

You can do a standard 4X sequence or the heavier 5(5) Rest/Pause sequence we outlined for stretch moves in a previous e-zine and in the pre-ex e-book. Your shoulders should be big, round and full–and it only takes about 10 minutes. We like to end with a 4X sequence of bent-over laterals for the rear heads.

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