Which kinds of exercises promote more "square" shoulders?

[SuperFob]

I'm not very keen on building up a lot of muscle along my collarbone and ending up with more rounded shoulders- which kinds of exercises should I do if I want to work the outsides of my shoulders to give them a more square look? My friend reccomended side raises.

 

[R.Lewis]

side raises are for girls and sissys! (and those suffering from a shoulder ingury or in rehab).

For nice big shoulders you need standing rows and shoulder press.

Make sure the rest of your workout is even so not just working your shoulders.

 

[SuperFob]

Will shoulder presses improve my posture when I'm standing and keep me from slouching too much?

 

[Karky]

if you slouch you need a stronger upper back. Do some rows and stuff.

 

[LeiYunFat]

You're also lumping traps and deltoids together. For big traps, do rows and power cleans. For big delts do presses and arm abductions (they aren't for girls when you do it with heavy weight, lol).

 

[ChiseldForeArms]

how are shoulder fly's for girls? i do them, they help alot for boxing endurance.

 

[mike79]

ya need hit all the parts of ur shoulders!!!

side flies
front flies
upright rows
shoulder presses !

 

[R.Lewis]

how are shoulder fly's for girls? i do them, they help alot for boxing endurance.

How about giving up on shoulder flyes for a month. Stick to your shoulder press and rows, then see if you improve.

I found that flyes just tired my shoulders and over trained them. stick to compound exercises and you'll get quicker recovery and faster gains.

The shoulder flye is like the leg extension machine for shoulders.

 

[LeiYunFat]

About a year ago, the bulk of my shoulder workout consisted of pretty much vertical seated db presses.

After doing BB oh presses, my shoulders have exploded in development.

 

[Streamline]

side raises are for girls and sissys! (and those suffering from a shoulder ingury or in rehab).

For nice big shoulders you need standing rows and shoulder press.

Make sure the rest of your workout is even so not just working your shoulders.

Where's the isolation

 

[R.Lewis]

There is none. You dont need any Isolation.

If your have upright row, shoulder press/bb press, incline bench press and bent row in your work out, then you are working the whole of the deltoid system and you dont need any isolation.

You dont need to have that all in one workout, but as long as you are doing every angle once a week then thats fine.

You use your shoulders in almost every lift in the gym, so its really easy to overtrain them. Dont take the risk by doing latural raises, your not gonna get much growth out of it, you'll just add to your recovery time.

 

[SgtTTTT]

Try this one out regularly (2-to-3-times/week) for about 2-to-3 years:

(a Steve Reeves' favorite) Outer-End Grip Shrugs (1-3 sets of 8-12 reps)

instead of grabbing a bar & shrugging, lift the load with your fingers on the outer-edges of the olympic-style plates (arms out wide) to widen & help square your shoulders.

Also concentrate on rhombs & rear-delts.