Please check workout

[Magnatolia]

Hi Guys,

I'm doing a workout from a mens health magazine. It's solely designed for the shoulders. Consists of 2x10rep shoulder presses, 2x10reps dumbell upright row, 2x12reps standing scaption (dumbells raised to sides at 45 degree angle) and 2x12reps incline row to external rotation (similar to the upright row except you're at a 45 degree angle).

Do these for the first 2 weeks, then do:

3x6reps swiss-ball alternating shoulder press, 3x8reps dumbell shoulder shrug, 2x10reps lying swiss-ball row to external rotation and 2 Javorek complex.


Questions: Does this sound like a good workout for increasing the mass of the shoulder muscles? Is it suitable for me - I am 50kg very high metabolism and have trouble putting weight and muscle on.

For the workout for weeks 1 and 2, I am using 2.5kg dumbells for the standing scaption and 7.5kg for the rest. Does this sound good for someone who is 50kg? Is the 5kg difference between the exercises normal? I tend to be weaker when lefting to the side of my body.

Thanks

 

[EFFORT]

Stay away from workouts in magazines like that. Get a gym membership then read the A-Unit post to get your concept of training together then post again with new questions.

 

[Potbelly]

Disclaimer: I do not know much, I'm a noobie, but from what I've read off people here you should do stuff like weighted-chinups, squats, and deadlifts and you will naturally have strong shoulders, biceps, etc.

 

[Skilla_Staz]

Correct Potbelly.

Routines taken from Men's fitness magazines are often being tossed together and given random justification just because simple compound routines just don't seem "cool".

Some things to include in any routine:

3 Day Split
Deadlifts, Squats, Bench Press
Compound "Assistance" exercises (compound means you use multiple muscle groups)
Lower reps (3-5 on your main three (BP,SQ,DL) and middle ranged reps (6-10) on your assistance


Here is an example routine. I tossed in a few olympic movements, to improve explosiveness for football/track.