Everybody respects a man (or, indeed, woman) with full, round shoulders.
Why?
From paintings on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs, to renaissance sculpture, to modern day superheroes on the silver screen, capped delts are universally seen as a mark of health and vitality.
Which raises the question:
How does one build a set of large and shapely shoulders?
Truth be told, it is not that difficult – although it is very easy to get wrong.
The shoulder consists of one muscle (the deltoid) with three “heads”:
* Anterior
* Intermediate, and,
* Posterior.
In a handsome and healthy shoulder, all three aspects are well-developed.
Do you recall how I said shoulder training is very easy to get wrong?
It’s here that the issue arises.
Most people overdevelop their anterior deltoid because it’s heavily involved in exercises like bench presses (flat, incline, and decline), dips, and even biceps curls if you don’t get the form dead on.
The intermediate (also known as side) delt usually gets a little work via side lateral raises, but little else.
And the rear delt?
Entirely neglected aside from a miniscule amount of stimulation from rows.
The consequences?
Forward rounding of the shoulders (often exacerbated by computer work, doomscrolling, etc.) producing an unsightly hunched over look.
And pain.
Lots of pain.
Chronic (due to tightness) and acute (from the injury you will inevitably sustain).
Fortunately, I mansplain shoulder training in some considerable detail in November’s issue of “The Phil Tyreman Letter”.
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Phil Tyreman