Big shout out to Anniegrl!!

Thank you so much for your gym advice and pointing me to the stumptuous website. I have now modified my gym habits and all ready feel the difference (ouch!). I cant thank you enough!!

One quick question to ask you, though. I'm looking to do a shoulder press, but not sure which machine to use. Can you point me in the right direction?

Re: Big shout out to Anniegrl!!

You're welcome!!! I'm glad you're feeling it!
And don't bother with any machines unless they're the pulley-type (so you have a good range of motion instead of fixed range of motion).

For shoulder presses, the best thing to do is to find a bench and a set of dumbbells and do shoulder presses. You should be able to go pretty heavy on this one.

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press

1. Sit in a shoulder press seat (or any seat with a back) and grab a dumbbell in each hand.
2. With your palms facing forward, lift both dumbbells into the air so that each dumbbell is about level with your chin.
3. Using your shoulders, press each dumbbell straight up overhead simultaneously until they almost touch each other and your elbows are almost locked.
4. Lower each dumbbell back to the starting position (about level with your chin).

You can also do other shoulder exercises for the rear delts and front delts, but it's really not necessary since you can work those muscles doing things like bench press and any rowing exercise.

Forgot to mention to always warm up the shoulder area first with a couple of light sets (with high reps).

Message edited 3/21/2007 2:06:06 PM.

Re: Big shout out to Anniegrl!!

stumptuous is my favorite site!!!!!

Re: Big shout out to Anniegrl!!

Posted by snowboardgirl

stumptuous is my favorite site!!!!!

Re: Big shout out to Anniegrl!!

Posted by snowboardgirl

stumptuous is my favorite site!!!!!

Re: Big shout out to Anniegrl!!