Hey mountaindog1 have you ever used dumbbell high pulls for your shoulder work out? If yes, are they harmful to the ball an socket if used to often? Thanks
mountaindog1 on the rear delt swings you were doing, is there a way to modify it for a taller guy? When I set the angle on the bench to roughly where you guys had it the dumbbells can come to rest on the floor (my gyms benches are sadly low to the ground and the hinge point doesn’t raise the height anywhere sadly)...when I set the angle higher i can feel my traps kicking in and it takes weight off the posterior delt. I appreciate the content as always!
This guy showed more tips and legit workouts than any You Tube fitness channel. You learn more every time ya watch one of his videos, and swear why didn't I remember this before. Thank you..and strong positive vibes from me...to his family.
Your training style is the best I've come across. And I've spent a lot of time on RU-vid. I love your honesty and attitude also. The mountain dog is the king of the gym jungle for sure. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge for free. Legend!
David Patterson This👊😁☝️☝️ we just know it's always going to be good shit. 😋 plus, John, always really appreciate your humility and you give credit where credit is due if it's a movement somebody else created. You're just about the classiest old school grainiest bodybuilder out there and we love you
Done a shoulder workout plus the rear delt swings that John credited to his buddy back in the day.. "Burns like fire" definitely does. My body has entered a new level thanks to the mountain dog.... feel like woofing in the gym lol
I love your shoulder workout advice. I'm 48 years old and trained extremely heavy on barbell pressing movements for chest and shoulders for years. That coupled with high school and Collegiate wrestling destroyed my left shoulder to the point of full-thickness tears in all four of my rotator cuff muscles. Surgery was miserable and recovery was a long and painful process. After two years I worked back up to my former strength levels, and then at 45 took 2 years off and resumed training at 47. Believe it or not when I was back to heavy close grip pressing and slight decline pressing oh, I could not do a single push-up without excruciating pain or any overhead pressing work. Now I can do deficit push-ups and full range dips pain-free. to this day however I stay away from any overhead pressing other than with bands are light dumbbells. Most of my shoulder work comes from side laterals and bent lateral raises. All my front delt work comes from push-ups and pressing for chest. when I go heavy on chest I have to wear the reactive slingshot or use accommodating resistance so shoulder stress is reduced at the bottom of the Press. when I started adopting the really heavy partial side and bent laterals, and then using lighter weights weather cable or dumbbells for the top portion of the movement, my side delts and rear delts for the first time in my 35 year lifting career experienced the kind of deep soreness that is usually associated with leg and back training. when I trained heavy overhead presses and threw in side and bent laterals as an afterthought oh, I had it big front delts they gave me an appearance of thickness from the front, and due to having wide clavicles I had some shoulder with that had nothing to do with having any meat on the side of my delts and when I turn sideways I had those pathetic sloping rear delts and when I turned around all the way, my very overdeveloped traps, thick Erectors from deadlifting made my pathetic rear delts look even more ridiculous. The funny thing is that my overall back development, including wide upper lats thick lower lats, fully developed traps and rhomboids combined with a very thick neck, seemed only to_my lack of rear delts when I was wearing a t-shirt or at the beach. the most amazing thing about it is I now have well developed rear delts, I do a lot of weighted Pull-Ups for lats, but I can no longer do barbell rows or heavy deadlifts without getting an injury sooner or later regardless of how good my form is and regardless of how light the weight is relative to what I used to work with. the point is that I had much more meat across my entire back before and still looked relatively unimpressive from the rear because I had no rear delts and now that I have them with a little bit better lats but far less meat across my tire back I get more compliments on my back and size than I ever did when I was bigger and thicker. I have to say that you are absolutely right in that the small muscles of the rear delts have the largest visual impact on your physique than any other muscle on the body. it is really amazing to me how rear delts side delts and upper chest can transform a physique dramatically without gaining more than a pound or two across the entire area
Ive only added this workout in starting 3 weeks ago and my rear delts really filled in like never before!!! Helped my upper back posture a little also! Seriously great advice! Thank you so much
the swinging raises you do for rear delt is actually probably the best exercise scientifically if you think about it, rear delt is a shorter muscle so you dont particularly need such big range of motion. definitely going to use these as my rear delt is lacking. Great video
Just did this work out at the gym and it is fantastic. Those rear delt dumbbell swings really do work. I could see and feel a big difference after doing them. Thanks for all of the great videos John!
Me here again just to thank you John because I just noticed that you actually take time out of your day to read and like the comments on here. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before! Not only do you have awesome content but you also show how humble of a person you are. Keep them videos coming for the love of god !!!!🙏🏼
I'm 51 and have not been able to keep my muscle mass and energy up. Father of two and very busy. I've been watching your videos and implementing what have learned from you. I'm starting to get my muscle mass and energy back. Thank you!
Thank you John! 22 yr old from SoCal here and been watching your videos for almost a year now. You have taught me so much and I just wanted to show my appreciation! You’re how I want to look when I am your age! Thank you!!!
Honestly been lifting (not professionally, just for overall health) but definitely have strong knowledge of lifting (not the anatomy aspect). But you legit shine so much light on things I would have never considered. This is by far the best and most informative channel I've came across! Kudos!
Ive been doing this shoulder workout now for a couple weeks now.. It doesn't hurt my rotator cuff like the others do since I've had surgery.. Thank you sir for what you do..
John really is the Bob Ross of weightlifting. Lol and it’s a beautiful thing. What an awesome dude. Thanks for all the vids over the years brother. LIFT IN PEACE 😊
Dear god. I used the swing and the standing press you did it's 14 hrs later I've been an athlete and training my entire life I'm 28 and for the first time my rear delts are crazy sore. Thanks again John you rock. Oh and I've been using your split squats of death for a month now. My legs are definitely feeling it
I did that shoulder routine today I haven't had a shoulder pump like that in a longtime.I did everything except the swings don't have a incline bench right now so I did something else. Thank you
You did an article with T-nation about heavy Dumbbell swings, but after doing the swings i grab a lighter dumbbell and push out more reps. I do it for side delt as well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, extremely greatful. 💪💪💪
Great workout & content as usual! For the next Q&A: I don't know if this has been asked before. But I think a lot of people would like your thoughts on this! When do you increase the load on a given exercise? Every week -> Increase load, decrease reps, deload, rinse and repeat? Double progression? Another method? Would love to hear from you!
John, try this to minimize trap activation when you do a standing straight up db side raise: keep the Dumbbell with your thumb higher than your little finger. It’s makes a big difference!
I just tried the rear delt swings. Wow. I'm pushing 54 and have been lifting since early early teens. Have my gym at home and it is old school. Nice to have something new. Thanks John.
I love old school, its simple but focussed. Very clearly and honestly explained and demonstrated. I started playing your videos on my mini ipad at the gym to enrich my routine diversity. Very helpful!
Bad ass I will be blasting that routine tomm morning. I’m 50yrs been banging iron 35 + yrs. things are different for me these days. You will see me make good gains with most of your stuff next 12weeks
I am so gad I found your videos John. Great content and it gives me great motivation to get back on stage. Im 50 now but still training like I am 20. I tried this shoulder routine, delts are smoked and for first time in a long while they are sore. Can’t thank you enough pal, keep it coming
wow i tried this and man my shoulders were on fire I even had people come up to me to tell me what a good work out i was doing. Thanks John for a sick workout
Old school will always be the most effective way to train! The shit I see people doing in the gym now is a joke. But hey, it looks cool on Instagram. Take me back to the days of people training hard with music blasting (no headphones) and random dudes spotting you and screaming at you get those last reps.
great tips, I've just finished my first week on gamma bomb, and the shoulder super set on the Saturday's pump workout was another killer, cooked my debts good, the pump was intense. week two starts now...
What I really like about your videos is that I am presented with ideas I never came across before. I like your idea about how to avoid letting your traps take over during a shoulder workout. This is a big problem for me (I even have great traps but weak shoulders). I also like the idea of high reps, high weight, partial reps. I will apply this to the overhead press to strain the shoulders with some relatively heavy weight. My shoulder workouts are mainly about getting a pump and going to failure. But I think I should throw in at least three heavy sets at the end to strain the fibers. Thanks.
best workout channel on youtube,ive picked up so many tips and little exercises to throw in here and there ...no loud annoying assholes talking shit ,classy quiet spoken guy who knows his stuff with a great presentation
Been doing for 4 workouts the partial range swing as part of he Rear Delt Destroyer set that you wrote in a T-nation article: 60 reps, dropset 30 reps, dropset 10 reps with full ROM. That got the Delts burning and pumped full of blod. I feel it's working well. Thanks for sharing your experience, your are my main source regarding body building exercising, nutrition and fasting. Keep up the good work :)
Woah, definitely giving the leaning side laterals a try. I've been avoiding lateral raises lately because it always flares up my rotator cuff but that variation might feel a lot better.
I had trouble filling out my rear delts that I didn't know what else to do but thanks to this awesome Mountain Dog with rear delt swings I'm FINALLY after a decade getting full pumpkin shoulders. Thanks brotha stay safe
I love your videos. Theres a difference between workouts for a pump and workouts for mass. When I see videos nowadays and Im in doubt, I go back to old school workouts like how you and Arnold do.
I do the heavy DB/high reps but for my side delts while standing. I'll do a set of regular side DB raises, then super set that with Heavy DB side raises but I'll only do partials. High reps. I go for 20+reps. Don't let the DB's rest against or bounce off your body, and take them about 6inches to a foot away from your body. You'll thank me later once your Side Delts are jacked after the 2nd set of these. :D
Hi John I’ve been away from RU-vid and have missed some videos I’m sorry. I am training shoulders tonight so this video couldn’t have come at a better time, thank you I’ll be trying these out.
Great workout. Have never tried those rear delt swings but just looking at you doing them I can tell they will burn like hell. Will definitely put that exercise into my next shoulder workout 👍🏻
