new to bring up front delts

[NoCalBbEr]

hey everyone
 I think that, I need to bring up my front delts. I never really hit front delts dirctly but its starting to lag  abit. the only movment i was going to do is DB front raise. do you guys have any other movements that I should for for the front delts?? I'm going to  repleace upright rows with front raises. my side delts, are really good.

my current rotine
seated DB press 3x8-10
side laterals 3x8-10
bent raise 3x8-10
upright row 3x8-10 (up to lower chest/the Charles Glass  style)

[Cap]

Clean and press, push press

[metalruler]

front raises...they do wonders

[wes]

Take a light E-Z Curl Bar and bring it up to eye level only on front raises........also can do front raises with a 45 pound plate,cables,alternate dumbells,a single dumbell,barbell,and swingbell.

[slaveboy1980]

hammergrip front raises touching the "lower" parts of the dumbbells together in almost a circular motion. do these very strictly.

[thewickedtruth]

Iv'e done seated front raises up to 60lbs for sets and standing barbell front raises up ridiculous amounts of weight with no growth. Wha'ts done it for me is two exercises. Upright rows with both a barbell and dumbbells and seated military presses with a wide grip for overall development and a log press grip to REALLY hit the front delts. Doing solely these two exercises blew my delts up.

[iheartsquats]

Try doing front raises with a rope attachment facing away from a low pulley.  Don't go so far down on the negative that you lose tension.  The constant tension from the cable is like getting twice the workout, it's an f'ing killer.  Either that or you can do it unilaterally with a D-grip.  Enjoy!

[pumpster]

Try doing front raises with a rope attachment facing away from a low pulley.  Don't go so far down on the negative that you lose tension.  The constant tension from the cable is like getting twice the workout, it's an f'ing killer.  Either that or you can do it unilaterally with a D-grip.  Enjoy!

Cables for delts is the best IMO.

[jpm101]

Press/push presses off a Power Rack/A frame/squat stand, etc can give the greatest potential for front delt mass. Worth the time invested. Middle to close grip. A wider grip can cause shoulder joint problems for quite a few trainer's. The bench press will also improve from just the press/push presses.

Front raises, though a good exercise, is not a great exercise for adding pure muscle mass. Front raises are an extension/leverage movement and limit the weight used. I have seen guy's use the BB front raise while lying on a incline bench, for a shorter ROM. This takes the stress off the lower back that may occur with the regular standing version. And more weight seems to be handled. With DB lying incline front raises, a greater ROM (and stretch) is given. And again, less stress on the lower back. Good Luck.

[candidate2025]

barbell press puts on more mass than dumbell press, because you can use more weight. but dumbells better isolate the delt, better pump.   i would recommend alternating between the two of them from workout to workout.

[dizzleman06]

Clean and press, push press

Agreed!  and always do your front delt exercises first if you do other body parts with shoulders.

[Kyubi]

Partial and full range alternate DB presses with DBs holded in front of the Body and fingers pointing towards body.This is what I do for front delts and it works for me.

[HAMADA]

Power clean to press will hit alot of things but the press will hit the front delts quite nice. Plus you get the explosive power from doing the whole workout.

[JackCheze]

good thread...

I was doing some good weight on db front raises for a long time, got some development but I think I was hitting my chest pretty good...

then I tried them with an olympic bar with my hands spread really far and it just whooped up on my front delts...

my .02

[coltrane]

seated, one-arm hammer grip raises.  Go slow and STOP all movement at the bottom so stop the pendulum effect.

great success on these if done slowly and with precision.