The Best Shoulder Exercise That No One Does

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[BluegillGreg]

This makes a lot of sense. People warn against doing these to prevent from "overdeveloping" the front delts, since they get plenty of work on OHP and BP. So it does make sense to do these to increase pressing strength. It's been hiding in plain view. Thanks Brom.

[lefonwastaken]

Before even watching the video, I’m sure this is about front raises.
Edit: I’ve started doing front raises again since your last video on shoulder training and I love doing them. I feel like my front delts weren’t developed and after I started including them, I’ve noticed them rounding out from the front a little bit. Always disliked when people said that front delt isolation was never needed

[Ascending_Leo]

Love these exercises. I do side lateral and rears. Always lighter than heavy. Upright rows so true about leaving them behind. So ill put them back into the mix.. thanks forcrhe new flavor of the month

[jayee]

As a guy that does ohp bench, dips and tons of shoulder work like laterals, high pulls, rear delt raises, i never did front raises because of the stigma. But iv been doing them recently and my pressing has gone up. Not only that but front raises smoke my entire shoulder girdle and traps like nothing else. I think thats because no other exercise has you lifting a weight infront of you from the furthest point possible. We are always trained to keep the weigjt as close to your centre of gravity and towards your body. Its also gunna hit your core and back pretty hard to stabalisr and keep the weight infront and not round your back. Its a valuable exercise.

[anothy]

I see people doing raises almost every day and I work at a commercial gym, idk about this being "the best shoulder exercise that no one does" I respect the clickbait grind though, and your technical advice is top tier on this movement so its still worth the watch. I also disagree from personal experience that rowing is enough to grow the rear delt proportionately for most people, you gotta respect hypertrophy and do your best to put in the same effort you would with the other heads of the deltoid with your rear delts if you want them to grow and look good relative to your middle and front delts.

[peterdearborn]

I think the reason you don't see these more often in public gym or in general is that many dude bros have been told that if they bench heavy, they are already getting enough front delt work and should not add more there (addendum to the 2:1 pull / push folks basically). I've always been very careful to balance my shoulder based on how I feel, but the last time my front delt hurt was 10 years ago and that's because I was training like a total asshole and just failing every single set.

Not sure if I will tweak anything, but you've given me something to think about. Thanks for the video.

[apoilgun]

can confirm that front raises really do contribute to the pressing strength development. I was wondering how effective do you think using the cables is over using the dumbbells? I started incorporating cable raises into my push rotation and finding them more challenging than the free-weight variation tbh..

[sagebauer]

for my front/lateral raises, I always liked taking a heavier weight and doing partials for 4-6 reps, and superset with a lighter weight with full range of motion for 6-10 reps. Since the bottom half of the movement feels so easy with light weight

[mattz.]

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[farhanhussain_]

I believe that best candidates for this exercise, and isolation exercises in general, are the late intermediates and advanced lifters. They have paid their dues on major lifts like bench and press, and have squeezed them enough for maximum possible gains and now they need a different type of stimulus to continue the progress.

In general, beginners would benefit the most from main lifts, and intermediates would benefit by incorporating close variations of main lifts.

[KRN]

I combine my lateral and front raise in one rep.

Front raise to start the rep. At the top, spread the arms out to a lateral raise. Lower the weight to the sides. Then lateral raise, at the top bring the weights in front of me and then lower down to my starting position. That's one rep. I can only work with 10-15lbs and get a real burn after just 7-8 rep. Remember, 1 rep is a full front and lateral raise combined. I do this mainly to save time.

[christianbolt]

Doing it on an adjustable incline bench allows you to change the peak force angle. I also like to use cables for these

[sagebauer]

Dumbbells, body english, no weirdly specific "line up the fibers" movement pattern? Man, the "optimal" crowd is gonna hate this one!

[JohnBullard]

The first time I did five sets of front raises holding a bumper plate supersetted with OHP, my mid back was crazy sore, a good sign. Now I never miss some form of front raises, no matter how much OHP and dips, incline, etc., because it's great for my core and back. Also front raises leaning forward hits my mid back in a different way. Great channel, by the way.

[RingJando]

Brilliantly outlined - making it easy to work the delts indeed! Cheers!

[StrangeCloudSs]

Im glad I found this channel, loving the content!

[mastersironmantarmstrong]

Wow Bromley I have been following your channel for a few years now pretty closely and I would never think of you as a minimalist.

[desilva]

Hi Bromley big fan from Sri Lanka! Loving the Bullmastiff.

[RoidfreeSenior]

I like supersetting laterals to bent laterals, to fr raise, to OH press, with light bells, 8 or 10 reps each movement, non-stop... cant hit heavy OH stuff with my beatup delts

[joeld]

I'm a beginner. But I do front and lateral raises as core exercises for my shoulders, and just by the mind-muscle connection I have when doing those exercises, I will continue doing them for the foreseeable future. I Enjoy the content.