lateral raises

[gnheil]

can anyone recommend an effective weight/rep/set scheme for performing cable lateral shoulder raises.? also, is it necessary to work heavy with shoulders if you are doing heavy incline,decline, flat bench presses.?

thanks

[THEBEAST]

Originally Posted by gnheil

can anyone recommend an effective weight/rep/set scheme for performing cable lateral shoulder raises.? also, is it necessary to work heavy with shoulders if you are doing heavy incline,decline, flat bench presses.?

thanks

Do something like 3x15 get some high reps in as its not a power exercise!

[bullandbear]

I find my shoulders to respond to a program that combines both heavy presses at the beginning and tension sets at the end. I vary little from this protocol.

However, I don't know how my recommendations would fit into your routine as I never saw the need to do heavy presses on inclines, declines and flat.

[Alcoholiday]

why are you doing lateral raises?

Heavy overhead presses are a great tool if done properly, even with benching. They build great strength off the chest, moreseo than anything else, IMO. I think overhead pressing is far far superior to any sort of raise movement. The only think i think things like lateral raises, rear raises, etc, are good for is high reps by getting the blood flowing to the shoulders to help recovery.

[Alan Aragon]

Originally Posted by Alcoholiday

why are you doing lateral raises?

Heavy overhead presses are a great tool if done properly, even with benching. They build great strength off the chest, moreseo than anything else, IMO. I think overhead pressing is far far superior to any sort of raise movement. The only think i think things like lateral raises, rear raises, etc, are good for is high reps by getting the blood flowing to the shoulders to help recovery.

If the person is interested in hypertrophy for its own sake, lateral raises stimulate the middle delt moreso than pressing, which places the brunt of the force on the anterior delt.

[Ian Kay]

That's potentially a lot of pressing there. Don't forget your rear-delts in the equation.

I wouldn't touch "heavy" lateral raises. Make those your mid-weight, higher-rep work. Keep the "heavy" stuff to one of the presses.

[Matthew]

I like 8 reps. It's not heavy, but it's not light either. 2 sets, because I've already done a bunch of other stuff and don't have the time/see the need to do more than that.

It would help, though, if we knew your whole routine.

[UConnJulie]

Why cable and not dumbbells? Just curious ...