Shoulder Training: Full range lateral raises
Lateral raises are essential for shoulder training One of the actions! It can help us exercise our shoulder muscles very well!
In the training concepts of most coaches and bodybuilding enthusiasts, they believe that it is enough to abduct the shoulder joint 90 degrees during lateral raises, which can better stimulate the deltoid muscles instead of Trapezius!
That said, it does not mean that they do not practice trapezius muscles. They will add some trapezius muscle exercises separately to their training schedule, such as shoulder shrugs, upright rowing and other movements!
Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?
An article by the famous American trainer Nick Tumminello: "Upgrade Your Shoulder Raises" mentioned the importance of full-range lateral raises. Let’s take a look!
The fact is that lateral raise is a shoulder abduction movement, and normal shoulder abduction has a range of motion of 180 degrees. During exercise, the scapula and humerus are involved and require coordination! Our deltoid muscles, upper and lower trapezius muscles, and serratus anterior muscles will all be exercised! You simply can't isolate a muscle
If the purpose is to ignore the trapezius muscles, then what's the reason for the various shoulder press exercises? Most people also have an abduction of more than 90 degrees, so wouldn't that target the trapezius muscles more?
So don’t fool yourself into thinking that you can eliminate the trapezius muscles from lateral and front raises. Also, for most athletes, the upper scapula rotation and muscles near the scapula are needed. Strengthening, in the training of overhead lifting, (all kinds of presses and pull-downs) are particularly important,
So instead of performing partial lateral lifts, it is better to perform full range (rom) movements to fully Give full play to the function of shoulder abduction or flexion, so that the related muscles can better coordinate to complete the proper movement pattern of the shoulder!