3 lying shoulder exercises for great results.
The problem with a lot of fan favorite shoulder exercises is the struggle to connect with the movement. Take lateral raises for example, people may feel it more in their traps instead of lateral delts, or they’ll use more momentum to get the weights up, taking the tension on the muscle right down. One sure fire way to get better results and build some noticeable shoulders is to try and isolate your movements even more. Along this train of thought, here are 3 lying exercises you can do in the gym to get more out of the traditional exercises you do.
- Lying Incline Front Raises
Great for isolating the front delts and strengthen your upper back too. Lying will make this harder but will stop you hip driving the front raise on the standing variation. - Lying Cable Lateral Raises
Perfect for targeting them stubborn side delts when you can’t seem to connect with the dumbbell variation as much. This also takes the swing out of standing laterals. - Lying Rope Upright Row
Not only will this cable version isolate your side delts and traps much better, but by using the rope you are able to pull them apart at the top of the movement to reduce any shoulder impingement issues that you may get with a fixed bar.
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