Can someone redpill me on lateral and rear shoulder exercises? Is it true I should only start training my lateral delts only after I have sufficienly trained my rear delts otherwise I will frick it up? Or is it the other way around? How important is each for aesthetics vs functionality? Is it better to train them with compounds like wide/upright rows or with isolations like dumbbell raises?
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>How important is each for aesthetics vs functionality?
It can make the back look flat if the rear deltoids arent developed, but if you're doing deadlifts and other back exercises with free weights, that should be enough. Rear delts isolations are probably useful if needed but so damn annoying to do.
Is your goal aesthetics, powerlifting, MMA, powerbuilding, gymnastics, or something else?
Goal is aesthetics and avoiding injuries
I would then do lateral raises for side delts and reverse pec deck for rear delts.
Lots of isolations are a good thing than OP. It doesn't matter when you start, or what order you start in.
i don't really think you need to isolate rear delts if you're doing rows of any kind. side delts are the only head that actually needs to be isolated.
Lateral raises are dangerous because a tiny muscle in the shoulder called the supraspinatus is doing all the lifting for the first 15 degrees of the lift. The vast majority of rotator cuff injuries are to this muscle. This isn't to say not to do lateral raises, but just not to ego lift like a fricking moron. Your delts may be able to bring the weight up after the first 15 degrees, but that first 15 degrees is crucial.
Yeah, if you have subacromial impingement.
Resistance band lateral/Lu/Egyptian raises
These will eliminate the problem is talking about, since the resistance is lower at the start of the lift.
Upright rows.
They are your friend. Learn how to do them properly. There are dozens of videos on the exercise.
Face pulls.
Learn how to do them without engaging your traps.
Machine reverse flys.
That's pretty much all you need if you do deadlifts and rows.
doing any variant of rear delts is good for posture and shoulder health, as is getting full rom in other shoulder movements aswell
dont do pinky up lateral raises unless you wanna impinge your shoulder and inflame it
thats it, seeya
So what should I do for side delts?
I really like the leaning cable raises where the cable goes between your feet.
You will get impidgement soon or later.
This from face height is how I got my first true rear delt pump.
What exercise is it? It look like a shit version of a facepull
It's a Face-Pull, she just had the ropes going towards her collarbone instead, which is fine.
damn does that guy have 8 arms?
i cant do lateral raises at all they just frick my shoulders up. i can only do facepulls
What the hell are you yapping about,moron.Both are easy safe exercises you can on your first day in the gym.Takes 2 minutes to learn the proper form