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]

It´s 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]

It´s 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.

[IroNat]

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

[joswift]

You can leave them out and still try the bands.

and then put the bands away once you realise it doesnt look as impressive to the other men in the gym even though they are much harder to do.

[Grape Ape]

and then put the bands away once you realise it doesnt look as impressive to the other men in the gym even though they are much harder to do.

Truthfully, I love bands.

I use them mostly for banded box squats, earthquake bar style bench, rotational wood choppers, core stuff.....

But also for pressdowns, curls, and some chest stuff.....no doubt you feel it much more.