Questions:
1. Should I change the ORDER of my workouts to maintain variety (i.e. bench on a different day to the previous 4 weeks, and put it last in my workout instead of first)? Or is variety maintained by changing the excercises completely, or using dumbells instead of barbells for example?
2. Should I be sore in the muscles that were worked out at the end of each workout, to know I trained them adequately?
3. Finally, Diesel posted me a Deltoid workout a while back. Lateral raises, shoulder presses, front raises, upright row, rear lateral raises, row, etc. (I alternated with these excercises, making sure I trained each aspect of the shoulder once every week - 3-4sets per area) - I took breaks every 6 weeks, taking a week off my workout. I've worked out for 6 months using this cycle
My strength in the shoulders doubled, or even trebled in some areas, however, my goal of getting broader hasn't really happened. I may have packed on at most, an inch on both my right and left shoulders respectively, due to the muscle gain. My question is, how do I stimulate the bones to grow, or at least gain much more muscle on my shoulders to look broader?
Oh and I'm 16.
1. Should I change the ORDER of my workouts to maintain variety (i.e. bench on a different day to the previous 4 weeks, and put it last in my workout instead of first)? Or is variety maintained by changing the excercises completely, or using dumbells instead of barbells for example?
2. Should I be sore in the muscles that were worked out at the end of each workout, to know I trained them adequately?
3. Finally, Diesel posted me a Deltoid workout a while back. Lateral raises, shoulder presses, front raises, upright row, rear lateral raises, row, etc. (I alternated with these excercises, making sure I trained each aspect of the shoulder once every week - 3-4sets per area) - I took breaks every 6 weeks, taking a week off my workout. I've worked out for 6 months using this cycle
My strength in the shoulders doubled, or even trebled in some areas, however, my goal of getting broader hasn't really happened. I may have packed on at most, an inch on both my right and left shoulders respectively, due to the muscle gain. My question is, how do I stimulate the bones to grow, or at least gain much more muscle on my shoulders to look broader?
Oh and I'm 16.