Why are side laterals so damn hard on the body !?

[robcguns]

The only thing I do for shoulders any more is laterals and rear delt. I use 12-15lbs and slight bend in arm, tipped forward the whole way,going from about 6-8” away from hips and going till slightly above shoulder height pause for 1-2 seconds each rep and last row of each set pause for 5-10 seconds. I do about 15-20 sets of laterals once a week. Shoulders are the best they have ever looked.

[wes]

Running The Rack,Triple Drop- Sets,Laterals Behind The Back,both with DB`s and cables, and a few more have always worked great for me.

[njflex]

Running The Rack,Triple Drop- Sets,Laterals Behind The Back,both with DB`s and cables, and a few more have always worked great for me.

This,,,

[affeman]

The only thing I do for shoulders any more is laterals and rear delt. I use 12-15lbs and slight bend in arm, tipped forward the whole way,going from about 6-8” away from hips and going till slightly above shoulder height pause for 1-2 seconds each rep and last row of each set pause for 5-10 seconds. I do about 15-20 sets of laterals once a week. Shoulders are the best they have ever looked.

If u wann build huge cannonball delts there's now way around super-heavy side laterals

[joswift]

If u wann build huge cannonball delts there's now way around super-heavy side laterals

how to do a side lateral and manage to take the deltoid totally out of the equasion.

[Donny]

Itīs funny when idiots attach bands to free weights 
From my experience use one or the other but bands will not build size like free weights.
DB side laterals ..bread & butter exercise

[joswift]

Itīs funny when idiots attach bands to free weights 
From my experience use one or the other but bands will not build size like free weights.
DB side laterals ..bread & butter exercise

bands put way more strain on the muscle than a dumbbell

With a band the tension never comes off, with a dumbell the downward is uncontrolled (for most people) and allows the muscle to rest with a band you have to resist it.

[Donny]

bands put way more strain on the muscle than a dumbbell

With a band the tension never comes off, with a dumbell the downward is uncontrolled (for most people) and allows the muscle to rest with a band you have to resist it.

Yeah i know all this but this was said years ago about cables.. oddly enough no one has built big Guns doing cable curls or a big set of wheels doing sissy squats.
cables are OK but not the main stay of a mass routine

[joswift]

Yeah i know all this but this was said years ago about cables.. oddly enough no one has built big Guns doing cable curls or a big set of wheels doing sissy squats.
cables are OK but not the main stay of a mass routine

great, now explain how a muscle knows the difference between a dumbell and a cable?

[Donny]

great, now explain how a muscle knows the difference between a dumbell and a cable?

why are some eggs Brown & some are white?

[joswift]

why are some eggs Brown & some are white?

depends on the colour of the hens legs...

[38 returns]

why are some eggs Brown & some are white?

because some hens are slags and will have any colour cock

[Donny]

depends on the colour of the hens anus...

 

[Krankenstein]

bands put way more strain on the muscle than a dumbbell

With a band the tension never comes off, with a dumbell the downward is uncontrolled (for most people) and allows the muscle to rest with a band you have to resist it.

You have to resist both.  I think you meant to say that at some point there is little to no tension on the muscle with the DB but with a band there will 'always' be tension.  That is more of a 'physics' thing because of where you have the band running vs. the db.

Also, a DB will always be the weight....with a band, the farther you stretch, the more 'weight' (tension) on it. 

[Donny]

You have to resist both.  I think you meant to say that at some point there is little to no tension on the muscle with the DB but with a band there will 'always' be tension.  That is more of a 'physics' thing because of where you have the band running vs. the db.

Also, a DB will always be the weight....with a band, the farther you stretch, the more 'weight' (tension) on it.

excellent post & he makes a big thing on here about how he does so many pull ups at 60..what then is the difference if he (by his thinking ) just used bands or lat pull downs?

[joswift]

You have to resist both.  I think you meant to say that at some point there is little to no tension on the muscle with the DB but with a band there will 'always' be tension.  That is more of a 'physics' thing because of where you have the band running vs. the db.

Also, a DB will always be the weight....with a band, the farther you stretch, the more 'weight' (tension) on it.

you can let dumbells fall, try that with a resistance band and it drags you down.

Next time you see someone throwing dumbells up and down go and give them a tension band see how they go, trust me I have humbled a few at the gym with tension bands.

You can humble huge bodybuilders by asking them to do 20 press ups

[Donny]

you can let dumbells fall, try that with a resistance band and it drags you down.

Next time you see someone throwing dumbells up and down go and give them a tension band see how they go, trust me I have humbled a few at the gym with tension bands.

You can humble huge bodybuilders by asking them to do 20 press ups

 

[Grape Ape]

put the dumbells away and try tension bands

Way more difficult

You can leave them out and still try the bands.