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I’ve spent the past two weeks testing everything I could think of when it came to shoulder training. The biggest aha moment I had was when I stopped trying to figure out what exercises are the best based on activation but searched for the ones that allowed me to really isolate the muscle I was training. I’ve already implemented this in a few sessions and I’m serious when I say it’s a game-changer. Couldn’t be happier with the info in the video. Get after it!
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[@user-dg3cy1ug6v]

Really don’t appreciate how you release certain body group workouts AFTER I trained that group THAT DAY. Btw loving this series keep it up

[@kieranwhittemore1010]

You know the next one is back, so don't do back until it comes out :)

[@Mazzakre39]

I feel you man.. I trained tits and shoulders, went home to eat whilst wstching this video feeling like my workout now suddenly was incomplete 🤣🤣🤣

[@yarukaribana2652]

@@Mazzakre39 tits 😅 broooo get back in there

[@jjj-bl8yf]

You think he knows when you finish your workouts? Are you that self centered and delusional? He’s a KZbinr with 1.5 million subscribers and you think he pays attention to your workout routines 😂🤦🏻‍♂️wow ur so goofy

[@alexc7857]

I always happen to see the upload right before my workouts, lucky me

[@johnpauldomingo9350]

A GAME CHANGER YOU DESERVE A FOLLOWER

[@andersonsds]

Sometimes is difficult to understand what you are saying but in this video is very clear. Next time I will try with subtitles tks

[@jonathanschaper1650]

That video was well worth my time. Thanks

[@ruatapungawhare-pounamu4050]

hi bro, @ 2:57 would we see the same activation when doing Lu raises

[@anthony-i1k8c]

The only time I got DOMS in my rear delt was pulling with elbows near my side. Any type of wider reverse fly never did it.

[@sbrosales]

Thank you brother! Makes sense!

[@wushulion]

i unintentionally discovered an exercise that worked my side delts without traps coming in (or so i felt). band pullaparts with a supinated grip. I was doing these as warm ups for my bench, and one day i did them for 20 reps and man the burn i got in my side delts. wondering if you can do an EMG for that

[@malekmalek9064]

I do these too,and behind my back straight arms.no other exercise gives me this kind of burn

[@maitlember1942]

@@malekmalek9064 is it healthy for shoulder?

[@malekmalek9064]

@@maitlember1942 i don't encounter any problem

[@powerandpresence5290]

What is a band pull apart? Where is the band? Is it attached to something? A little more information would be helpful. Thanks.

[@malekmalek9064]

This but than with a band and tumbs up,partial movement.in this position a band is better because of constant tension,which you don't have with dumbles because of gravity.you have to play around with this exercise and really focus. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3yuY2iAipKbe80

[@martinnoppert1752]

fantastic, only one thing Ryan,please stop saying lateral side or side lateral .... just side or just lateral there isn't something like front laterals or rear laterals .. lateral is the outerside of the body, so side lateral is side side ....

[@JyotiRyan21]

My question is how many sets per week are really required for hypertrophy on these smaller muscles - each of the delts, triceps/biceps?

[@Y-sport]

Excellent video May I know where to buy this muscle contraction meter you have? thank you

[@guglyh6]

This was a great video ! Thank you Ryan.

[@numberpirate]

Love seeing A&P hypertrophic schooling.

[@Yvonne_Eclips]

For mid delts, upright rows are better than raises, change my mind

[@Xander102]

More Henry !

[@graceintheplace13]

Oh, Henry! ❤

[@hectors8133]

Great video

[@matt46142]

I’m built like a dachshund with a looooong waist and tiny arms (5’11” but when I sit next to my 6’2” friend I’m about 3 inches taller than him). My little t-Rex could never do that rear delt barbell movement 😂

[@knowledgelover2736]

Ryan looks good for late 50s.

[@borz55]

6:31 side delts 9:57 rear delts 10:05 anterior delts 12:21 all three his updated side delt exercise: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKGQYmuqn91sl80si=aBbs0zk9Q0nYtzu2

[@imjustbetterbud7884]

Your doing gods work

[@Darkseid300]

1st round on me

[@jlhumor1565]

Just do steroids like he does

[@yazanhamideh783]

@@jlhumor1565 why not both ?

[@workhorse6542]

@@jlhumor1565 😂

[@wishbone103]

Educational and entertaining. I am 75 and have been training for 61 years. Never to old to learn something. Thank you 😁

[@Henry-kb6me]

Respect!

[@wishbone103]

@@Henry-kb6me Thank you 😁

[@DollaSignD]

That's rad! People who work out always seem to live the longest and retain bodily functions

[@ezalor9555]

literally no one asked

[@Spacemaaan]

​@Ezalor shut up you're the one to be like yeah and you should learn proper grammar cause he said to instead of too 😂

[@markironmonger223]

Your content should be the blueprint for modern media. Quick, concise, point to point to point. I've struggled with shoulder development forever, this has been a great eye opener to the value of grip and state of form.

[@KrakkenXXX]

That was not “quick”

[@tonyoliva6715]

Jokes arent cut out

[@jerbear7952]

I agree we need wayyyyy more jerking jokes in modern media

[@DanCantStandYA]

stuff that can be done at home: (with better percentages) 3:05, 6:43?, 8:24 , 9:20 , 9:57 recap Rear delts, 10:39 LoL , 11:51, bus drivers12:38 , 12:50

[@mybrokermatt]

Nice. This is my first comment in decades. strict side lateral dumbbell or 38.1 side front cable raises. 69% rear delt machine high hold, 94% supinated barbell rear raises, rear low rear pull cable. 74 supinated slightly bentfront raise on incline bench. 31 80 75 incline bench Bus drivers 80 around the world's on incline bench/breast stroke

[@limxin0014]

god sent, thanks man

[@limxin0014]

@@mybrokermatt i like how useful commenters rarely comments, while useless ones, well...

[@PigSnooot]

This comment needs to be higher up. Pin it pls.

[@DanCantStandYA]

@@PigSnooot pretty sure only Ryan can pin it. doubt he even looks at comments tho. Also, yt has sent me one notification for 4 replies and 33 likes, what a sh!t platform it is!

[@youredumb]

The fact that this is all free is actually insane, thank you for what you’re doing for the fitness community!!

[@NofirstnameNolastname]

That's the great thing about KZbin, because the content creators get paid and we get free stuff :D

[@motorcyclescene]

@Slengt Gasspropan And you're free to not have to purchase AND enjoy the excellent free content. Show some gratitude and tell your friends.

[@Fst105]

Greg enters the chat and starts screaming

[@edmahonejr.9364]

Yeah he gets on your nerves after a while ….he sounds like Edith Bunker

[@bobsiddoway]

Coach Greg used to actually talk about exercise. Now it’s just drama.

[@PaulJeffery81]

Spews for views

[@KeenEyeVP]

"Coach" Greg... 🤣

[@thereddeath12]

Lmao😂

[@MeditationalState]

*I'm supposed to be making videos for my own channel but instead here I am 3 vids deep on this guys channel crying with laughter, his ability to inject humor whilst being informative is comedy gold - subscribed!*

[@AlexHandle01]

I would like to know why I have never seen this kind of in depth study for muscle isolation and activation. Ryan is the gym lab rat we always needed. Now I want a GYM LAB sweatshirt.

[@anieba]

maybe because before the tech could only be afforded by big money like sports teams who dont care to publish all their research to the public. just a guess

[@AlexHandle01]

@@anieba solid. I'll take it!

[@janmichaelberan2545]

Put me down for a cutoff Hoodie. Size, you ask? Yes it matters.

[@JFearless]

Omg 😳 I had to report back. Going super wide on OHP absolute game changer. You were 100% right. Delts destroyed. I have DOMS same day 🤯 and I haven’t had any for ages. Can barely lift my arms to types this and traps feel completely non-stimulated. This is a great series

[@danielwatson6529]

there was allot of info. was the seated ohp the best one? did u try that? i train shoulders today

[@JFearless]

@@danielwatson6529 many months later, seated behind the neck press gives me best SFR and a really nice ROM for delts. The only issue is a bio mechanical one. either you will be able to do them or you won’t and it kind of just depends on how your anatomy is.

[@DivinePatrick]

Ryan! I love the amount of time and effort put into this video. My only suggestion would be if you could please add a chart or table somewhere that shows all the exercises / the best ones and the data for them. My peanut adhd brain watched the whole video but still doesn't know which exercises I should be doing over others! Thanks for everything you do homie

[@Joseph1NJ]

Why not just have him actually *DO* the workout for you, this way, you don't have to do shit?

[@kieranwhittemore1010]

@@Joseph1NJ LMAO

[@kieranwhittemore1010]

Here's a pro tip that works for any video: Watch again, pause, take notes.

[@user-eh1og1ci7h]

Try the pause button, jackass.

[@sethmaginnipig1801]

Buy the program

[@UKM-13]

Any chance you can create a program with all of the best exercises/angles based off of the activation for each muscle. Seeing the actual results can be an eye opener. I would love to follow a program/workout where I'm getting the best activation each time. I'm an experienced lifter and your videos have taught me some new tricks. Thank you for your hard work

[@ryanschultz9037]

This works for superficial muscles, like delts and pecs. Pec minor, subscapularis, and other rotator muscles will always be mysterious. Until Ryan implants an EMG! (do it!)

[@thats_mr_b_]

He has mentioned angles in all the ones that matter

[@TobbeStorm]

So what's the upcoming program supposed to be about? I thought that was pretty much it

[@MPIronmanJC]

@@ryanschultz9037 he could just take one for the team and connect the EMG to an acupuncture needle and place that into the deep muscles. It would hurt and cut the muscle, but way more accessible than implanting.

[@Aintitlucas]

You shouldn't base your exercise selection on EMG studies. It only measures peak contraction not stretch or load.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

As someone with little time to work out at 51 who has two jobs and horrible shoulders naturally, I discovered the value of the cables(saves time AND they hit my shoulders amazingly) not long ago which have helped me a lot. However........your extra tips here are going to make those benefits even more impressive. Maybe one day I'll have actual shoulders and it will only have taken 52 years. 😆😆

[@corrymichelini]

Awesome stuff as usual. Most of this stuff I already knew because of Michael Kamalu aka Dr. Gains (an actual Doctor). I have his shoulder program and pretty much every exercise Ryan said is best is in it. Anyways, I'm looking forward to the new program. Actual science is always better than bro science.

[@moneropete]

kamalu is pretty good. a good anatomy foundation does wonders for training.

[@rhinners3407]

This is the MOST entertaining, and yet educational exercise information I've watched. Thank you and keep up the great videos!

[@pedroe.p.decastro8522]

Great tests, lovin this type of video. Curious to see how the rear delt exercises compare in activation to the lats and the front delt supinated raise to the long head of the bicep.

[@andrewfuentes1661]

I was thinking the same thing, he seemed to leave those out.....

[@moby_dick69]

Yeah like what's the point to compare every single exercise only to the traps? And by that stating which is the "scientifically proven" best exercise for shoulders. This must be the most advanced bro science I've ever seen.

[@bunchofives313]

I was thinking the same thing. Delt vs trap activation percentage is a useful indicator, but doesn’t tell anything like the whole story. Lower trap activation doesn’t necessarily mean the delts are doing more of the work. In some cases when you alter the form and trap activation diminishes, it might just indicate that a third muscle group is now doing work that had previously been done by the traps. If lat and bicep activation was also tested you could compare delt recruitment between the exercise variations themselves, and would have a much better idea of which movements place the most overall stress on the intended muscle.

[@danieliozzi3761]

also the front delt to the chest. Definitely a lot of other factors in play on that one.

[@slmanshah5731]

Hi Ryan, today I was watching your first video which was very helpful to me at home workout.thanks for your video.i am excited to watch for your next video.

[@DENSHAWN80]

why the did he just walk off the screen and not finish his sentence @4:08. this dude is funny as hell and never laughs at nothing he says bro

[@banerjeehome5913]

😂😂😂 i laughed so hard

[@rosskennedy8548]

Unreal - helpful. Can’t wait for the program!

[@Xander102]

I don’t know why, but out of all the work out channels on KZbin, this one is my favourite. There’s a lot of douche bags in the work out world and this guy is the exact opposite. Refreshing and I trust what he says . Unlike 98% of the other workout KZbinrs . Keep it bro.

[@michaelbentham9501]

This is incredible, and actually backs up what I’ve been experimenting with for the last year. Ryan, this video should be considered BIBLICAL in terms of truth, and how a shoulder routine should be conducted. Absolutely a fan. Great job!

[@micaelsvntos]

This ain't free, we're paying him by watching and KZbin pays for the views and ad displays. Win-win for all.

[@Spacemaaan]

The way you educate your audience is absolutely phenomenal. Easiest sub of my entire life! You deserve it

[@OTT-JV]

I HATE ALL THESE MUSCLE NAMES!!! Joe Gatto voice: your gonna get deep into the Nissan maximas and then into the Nissan Sentras

[@TheRicardoSanchez]

Circle jerking type motion. I'm writing you in on the next galactic overlord ballot. 10:43 - LMFAO. Fookin brilliant.

[@SamStanley-581]

So I'm training here in England and for the first time in my gym life I've seen someone do these dumbbell uppercut front raises... Half an hour later a different guy doing them... Can't believe how much influence this guy's got! Keep it going 💪

[@valrossi156]

Gotta say that's an impressive thumbnail and the first 1 min makes more sense than most videos iv seen in 10 years Respect

[@instrong]

Broooo i've seen this on tiktok lol! It's a new trend? Tomorrow i'll make the same video if it gets views it's gonna be so funny

[@marz.6102]

Could you see which exercise is better for the abs and the other muscles next to it?? Thx for the upload!!!

[@jackminnella8466]

Anything with spinal flexion

[@matt_cartwright5782]

Roll back over a bosu ball, grab a plate or dumbbell at / behind your head. Curl up concentrating on using only abs. Squeeze in fully contracted position including trying to squeeze your pelvis ‘up’ to your ribs. Lower slowly back. Rep out. Build up reps / weight over time doing 2-3 sets. Probably all you’ll ever need 👍🙏

[@matt_cartwright5782]

You can do a side bend version over the bosu ball too (again using weight if required) if you want to hit obliques more. Squeeze hip in towards ribs at top of movement. The bosu ball allows for full greater range of motion than the floor or any machine I’ve seen 👍

[@marz.6102]

@@matt_cartwright5782 thx, but what would surprise you if he used the tech and something was different from your guidance?? Do you think it's possible?? If not thanks so much for this information!!

[@matt_cartwright5782]

@@marz.6102 there are other ab exercises that may show better activation at certain angles, or in certain areas, but the exercises I’ve suggested are full ROM, easy to progressively overload (through greater contraction, increased weight, higher reps, more sets, etc) and above all, practical. Do two sets unweighted to failure the first time you do it. Make sure you are doing it slow and controlled, and using your abs to complete the movement, not momentum. Next time try with a 2kg or 3kg dumbbell held at your head. Next time try for more reps, next time increase the weight, etc etc. If you ever get to the stage of doing 3 sets of 20 reps with a 10kg dumbbell, you’ll have very solid abs 💪

[@villianaire]

4:12 - What to do for side delts 8:24 - What to do for rear delts 10:37 - What to do for front delts

[@silentgrind34]

Thank God for this comment

[@HumanLikeMan]

11:55 Best shoulder press activation

[@borz55]

your times are way off lol

[@villianaire]

@@borz55 they're not that bad 😂 Thanks for leaving a comment with updated time stamps 🙌🙏

[@Niaaal]

Thanks!

[@SebastianBeresniewicz]

I have an atrophied supraspinatus due to a dead nerve. Your video on ways 2 well inspired me to try stem cells, I've tried everything else (including witchcraft).. anyway, any recommendations for shoulder workouts with a dead supra?

[@jasoncalvetti1983]

Amazing video, thank you for all of your hard work. My shoulders usually look the most well rounded after Kettlebell Snatches, but that's not an isolation movement so it would be more akin to your finisher movements.

[@iiNgONYaMa]

When did lat get harder than posterior delt? I definitely have had a shittier time on rear delts. Always. No matter what I do.

[@davidandresvillero]

Can't wait to start the year with the this program Ryan!

[@TobbeStorm]

What program?

[@Anatomical_Creature]

I appreciate your efforts in making these videos, one small note here, Your video does a great job for measuring Delt activation relative to the upper trap but when it comes to hypertrophy of the delt there are other factors to consider, for example, you didn’t factor in the resistance curves of these movements or how much other muscles are interfering other than the upper traps, for example, in a palms up supinated wrist position this would set the biceps to be a major synergist as a shoulder flexor, kind of stealing emphasis from anterior deltoid (still though being worked to a decent degree) other than that EMG data can give little to no clue about the part of the lift where the muscle experienced the greatest tension (longest external moment arm) which tends to be most beneficial for hypertrophy if that happens in the stretched part of the lift according to research, thanks for that video and I hope you factor in these other details so we can get a full view of the big picture.

[@hobbes2208]

Hey ryan, great content like always. Btw, i saw some korean channel that literally cuts your video and makes his own, but doesn't mention you or any other guys that he uses. Have you been contacted by any korean individual for permission to reuse your videos by any chance? And i mentioned this in his channel, which he clearly read but just ignored it completely.

[@nathtars7684]

Okay Ryan - shoulders for me have been the Bain of my training life. I’ve watched this 3 times over - I will peer review - sort to speak - this and complete train my delts as described and report back in 2-3 weeks. Should be interesting!

[@oldwiseone8246]

How’d it go?

[@nathtars7684]

@@oldwiseone8246 sort of 50:50. I can certainly see an improvement in both size and strength though it has only been 2 weeks. The lateral flies have helped and my press has moved up the rack. However the intensity by limiting the ROM as best as I can copy is significantly greater. That being said by left shoulders are now visually imbalanced. My right being ‘thinner’ than my left - even though I am dominant on the right?? So persons this sort of speaks the answer as one could argue it has highlighted an imbalance not previously seen, and therefore has worked. One could also argue the new stimulus and training has just kicked the crap out of my delta leading to growth…?? I guess we can definitely take away trying this will at least offer a new training regime that at worst is arguable more likely to cause growth for the aforementioned reasons. Personal anecdotally - I will employ this for another two or three weeks as I do feel it is working and suits my training mentality.

[@oldwiseone8246]

@@nathtars7684 appreciate the response, gonna try to mix some things in for the next few months. Thanks again

[@gauravjoshi2474]

Behind the back raises is one of the best exercise for your rear delt you showed us before also, I really made some nice progress because of this exercise. Just feel your rear delt and make muscle and mind connection. Thanks for teaching this one, you showed this exercise 2 years ago I guess if I'm not wrong and from the very first day I felt those rear delts burning while doing it.

[@Yjn75]

This is exactly what I need! I really appreciate the work, the amount of verified info you put into this video (and probably the rest, so I subbed)! 💯💯

[@timcasey1428]

As someone who has been using this shoulder excercize consistently... It's horrific and awesome. The rear delt straight bar is game changing.

[@DylanLeonine]

Isn't the ratio of delt-trap activation more delt dependent in supination because the bicep is now stabilising the weight (so the traps don't have to??) Isn't this a problem with calculating the value in ratios? Shouldn't you also consider like overall (numerical values for) delt activation as well as ratio of delt-trap activation? I mean... how about delt activation from the exercises relative to each other? My point is ... isn't the ratio higher in supination because biceps are taking the role of the traps, and therefore trap activation is lower... rather than delt activation being higher?

[@SarcasticLampr4y]

Thanks Ryan, I am an Exercise Physiologist and did your workouts today and can't thank you enough, fantastic work!

[@ryansaunders6468]

Hey Ryan, would you please include the integral in addition to the percent difference? I’m curious what the overall emg activation per movement in addition to the trap:shoulder ratio. This additional data point wouldn’t require any additional test and provides a reference point.

[@randmcnally5489]

Uuhhh…yeah, what he said

[@clamum9648]

I had Calc 1-3 in HS and college, got easy As in them all, and I don't even remember how to do derivatives or integrals anymoar (this was 20 years ago). Supposedly math is real important when you're doing software development. LOL yeah right, pretty simple algebra is all you need 99% of the time (for avg non-specialized stuff).

[@jakescakes]

rip bodybuilding

[@ryanschultz9037]

Stop going to failure. Go way beyond failure, Ryan, and plot the variance of how much you don't give a sh@t (for Science!)

[@kyleinwisc]

Yes. Why wouldnt delt activation regardless of trap be the most important?

[@gregory3227]

This was ground breaking for me! Tried these exercises today and got a better shoulder workout in 50 mins today than the 1.5-2 hours over the last 7 years!

[@jefft6038]

Yes but if you want to bind more you’ll have to get on juice. Period.

[@doctorwebinstein4101]

Godamn you are good. Wish I would have stumbled across this sooner, thanks for the info !

[@derek6817]

What about supinated reverse flys, Arnold presses, and W flys?

[@ethanescamilla7157]

most people do arnold presses incorrectly, they make it two separate movements when it’s one fluid movement when rotating the dumbbell. but i think that’s a viable alternative still if done correctly. but i’m no scientist lol

[@ryanschultz9037]

@@ethanescamilla7157 Good point on technique on Arnold Presses. I add them at the end of chest/shoulder day. Not too tough, and hits front and lateral delts. But much more of a compound movement and a meaningful EMG measurement would be hard to capture.

[@tristanmeadows]

id imaging from the results of the supinated grip that arnold press would be pretty good as you go through from sup-pronated through the rep.

[@rashakor]

This is actually Ryan's best video EVER. The content is off-the-chart good and useful.

[@fargo007]

Definitely an eye opening experience. So amazing how such slight changes have such massive impacts.

[@XoNasX]

3:08 very nice perspective here to show the difference!!!

[@brandenbedoya]

Workout summary if you’re impatient like me: Anterior delt: - underhand grip, elbow slightly bent barbell raises. Cable can work too - Seated barbell (shoulder) press, wide grip, about 65 degree seat inclination side delts best to worse: - slightly leaned forward lateral raises with dumbbells - Or use pulleys with handles - Straight arm, half rep lateral raises, 25-30 rep range - Slightly bent elbows, slight lean, then lateral raises rear delts: - Seated rear delt machine flies, ideally slightly above parallel grip - Behind the back barbell raises, overhand grip - Dumbbell pull back and pull to side on inclined bench Others: - bus driver steering wheel rotations. All shoulder heads

[@patrickjulius7352]

Awesome vid, a couple of curious questions: 1. When you turn your palm up and bend elbow slightly, I see how that shifts attention away from trap, but does it shift it to the bicep at all? You compared front delt vs. trap but what about front delt vs. bicep? 2. Would be curious about standing shoulder presses with dumbbells and how that impacts activation of the heads. See any place for those in a hypertrophy program? I don't have a bench that adjusts past like 30 deg, so would you, in my case, do some standing presses or just rely on horizontal pressing and front raise variations to hit front delts?

[@patrickjulius7352]

@ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ ᴍᴇ👉RyanHumiston1 weirdo

[@matt_cartwright5782]

You can see in the vid how much more the front delt was popping with the palm up compared to down. Don’t even need an EMG reading to see that!

[@chavez349]

It’ll work the biceps a good amount especially with the bend.

[@kanishkgaming5761]

It’s inevitably going to use bicep, one of the functions of bicep is also shoulder flexion, bending elbow like that will engage bicep even more so up for grabs.

[@naturallybuild3165]

Lack of symmetry

[@sethdunn96]

What about DB or BB upright rows? Did you happen to test those?

[@NorThenX047]

i think most significant fitness teachers have basically tossed that movw in the trash as there are much better options to work those muscles without risking shoulder health. (elevation + internal rotation + load = disaster/long term damage)

[@breibreii]

Upright rows are only good with band but boy oh boy do they kick your butt…. Just phenomenal!

[@Raao1]

@@NorThenX047 You can safely do upright rows if you use straps or handles to hang the bar. Yep, it's a game changer.

[@spacepirate9882]

I tryied the exercices at 8:25 and I don't feel my delts training AT ALL, only my lats and a bit of triceps while my rear delts are burning while doing face pulls. I think the main problem with this videos is that you're testing those exercices on only ONE person and because of different body structures, what is working for somebody will not work for somebody else. You should add other people with different height, bone length, etc. to your test.

[@AdamNPDSurvivor]

Trust me, that behind rear raise does work even if you think it doesn't. It takes time to see the results. I have been doing that for months and my rear delts are forming nicely. It also works the triceps so win win. I also do a variant with 2 dumb bells. Stand up straight and just push the DB's behind you. I use a lighter weight using the DB's but do more reps. Good luck.

[@spacepirate9882]

@@AdamNPDSurvivor Trust??? I've been training for 20+ years, I have a really good mind-muscle connection and I know if a muscle is engaged or not. Maybe it works for YOU, like it works for Ryan but it doesn't mean it works for anybody. Bench press doesn't work well for training chest for most people who are engaging shoudler first while it's a top exercice for some other people. The fact that it "also works the triceps" is clearly not a "win win" when the whole point of this video is to find which is the best ISOLATION exercice. If you don't care about isolation then do any rear shoulder exercice that is engaging traps so you will train traps too. My point is that different bodies = different results on a same exercice and the whole journey of bodybuilding is to find the exercices that are most suited for you.

[@kanishkgaming5761]

@@spacepirate9882 Which is totally true, one of the ways is actually determining if you even felt it in your muscle, how sore are they, pump experienced, metabolic burn, how weak the muscles feel after the set, etc and in some combination of these proxies should give you an idea of which exercises to pick. If one has been training for years, lets say bench presses and at the end of the set you asked him if he felt his chest and he isnt even sure if he felt his chest in the movement, then either adjust form, or chances are that no matter how much you change the elbow and grip angles, if you dont feel the chest then its most likely sure it wont be optimally stimulated. Also note EMG is highly flawed on so many levels.

[@AdamNPDSurvivor]

@@spacepirate9882 I don't think you can work your rear delt in isolation without activating your tricep also.

[@spacepirate9882]

@@AdamNPDSurvivor Sure you can. The face pulls I mentioned are done with arms bendend so triceps are not engaged AT ALL and any rowing/pulling exercice can be done with arms bended, arms don't need to be straight. Delts training is done by moving your elbows up, front, back, not your hands and your hands are only only holding the weight if you train with barbells or dumbells but you can use machines to push with your elbows instead of your hands, like at 7:52 Some gyms also have machines to do reverse pec deck with your elbows.

[@Venderkirk]

Good work. Thank you.

[@daniv.e8880]

Great videos. But PLEASE shorten unnecessary fun stuff and let us focus on the lessons.

[@gregporter8767]

Im surprised you haven't done one for core/abs yet ?????

[@sman53]

He is too busy putting it on his Jonson

[@VANCEYMO]

wow, holy shit. today im doing the following: later raises, strict form 4x25 cable front later raise with supinated grip, 4x15 cable rear delt, finishing hands close to my sides, 4x20 finishing with bus drivers i have never felt so much activation in my shoulders before. 10/10 reccomend using these techniques!

[@EC-ol8nz]

So Awesome! He just validated everything the late great John Meadows said! Great work Ryan! Thank You!

[@adamkts_videographer1160]

Yesterday I got verbally attacked in the gym for doing behind the back barbell raises. Since it looked weird and unfamiliar to two guys they were hating about how I will damage my rotator cuff. Is it safe? Is that position even straining the rotator cuff? Because it feels very safe to me, I just didnt know what to say

[@victorvictor9662]

They are ignorant, shoulder extension behind the back stretch the anterior deltoid and a little biit of the anterior rotator cuff (subscapularis) but event then : with a pronated grip it prevent overstretiching of this part of the RC. So they are ignorant. Next time ask them "wich one ? (muscle of the rotator cuff)"

[@armoredmma]

Funny you mention "sword fighting in your shoulder".. we do sword play and lateral delts get wide when doing our sword fitness. Medieval Cage fighting (or armored mma) require some crazy muscle combinations. I'd love to know your opinion about how we train for fights.

[@theunshaved1]

Isn't EMG data just surface data and thus not very relevant?

[@neilgardiner6808]

Quick Question Ish: Does the emg pick up any difference in activation levels when comparing an eccentric contraction versus a concentric contraction of a muscle? ie does the deltoid activate more when adbducting vs slowly adducting back to the starting position? I've heard that eccentric contractions are a stronger contraction compared to concentric contraction therefore wondering if I spend more time slowly bringing my arm back from an abducted position to my starting position I would benefit more compared to my working my deltoid when abducting from my starting position? Does an eccentric contraction build more muscle than a concentric contraction?

[@victorvictor9662]

I'm wondering the same... but i read somewhere that the negative sould be heavier than the concentric, because otherwise, the muscle is taking a little rest during the negative, even if you slow it down

[@SupremeSwaggy]

Polar opposites= Coach Greg

[@gregoryambrose6643]

I would have loved to see the activation with Arnold Press.

[@alpdorakoca266]

İ cant thank you enough big bro. Front delt raise with pronated arm is something unbelievable. Working out for 10 years and never felt like this

[@sgteduardo2146]

Back video with EMG readings?

[@postwarmage2839]

Most important line of the entire video . Your ability to isolate a muscle is the cheat code to growth.!! I swear to you this the truth !!!! This is what WEIGHT TRAINING means when you want to properly train skeletal muscle for growth. This has been written down in books for over 100 years . Your mind muscle connection and being able able have full control over that muscle to control contract isolate it as much as possible to be able to force the hardest contraction under the heaviest load. This means moving the weight with the purpose .

[@mariosolis1802]

This is perhaps the best I’ve seen. I’m currently recovering from shoulder surgery. Thanks

[@dylnb137]

Can we take the time to appreciate that Ryan trains the same muscle group for days to make these videos😂

[@joeyfridays]

11:12 In the front dealt exercises, if biceps were tested along with the traps, would the supernated slight arm bent grip still be the most efficient/best bang for your buck movement pattern for activating that muscle?

[@sebastianovigano680]

what is the name of the device that you've used in this video?

[@daed875]

Have You Tried To Do Lean In Laterals Raises ?

[@defining_moments]

You’re anatomy and kinesiology knowledge is why I listen to everything you suggest and why I am a subscriber lol

[@joelbell6075]

WOW.... I'd absolutely LOVE to see a video like this for ALL major muscle groups!!!!!!!

[@digvijaysinghrajawat7348]

Arnold.. frank zane.. franco.. lou ferrigno.. mike mentzer.. they never used these bullshit devices...or bullshit graphs to make there delts and overall physique that awesome.. ITS ALL PURE HARD WORK.. DEDICATION.. DISCIPLINE.. stop all this bullshit

[@pix138]

I enjoy your videos, but I must admit you are HILARIOUS!!!. That’s what makes your videos FIRE!!!

[@klemenhrovat1281]

12:51 I'm on the highway to hell.... 🎵🎵

[@jaredw5257]

Ryan, this video is off the chain hilarious! You should do stand up. I'm completely redesigning my workouts based on this info. I've been at like 15-30% activation all my life. F that! Thank you, keep em coming!

[@danielbrowniel]

What about lateral abduction while laying on your side to compliment standing. the heavy tension while standing is at the tail end of the motion and the opposite is the case when laying at the side. (It is a 90 degree muscle so, maybe we should tilt 90 degrees to get every last big of energy out of it?) It worked when I tried it.) I'm starting to think the effectiveness of a work out is just the most weight lifted by a particular muscle and all this nerdy crap is just time saving measures. (I dig it, a day is not long enough)

[@00skyman00]

Great content. Great research. Great communication - no unnecessary words. Just the right amount of joke. Thank you! Have a great day!

[@bradtenbonga]

Yo Ryan ! At long last a dude who is prepared to prove it.........thank you from Scotland ....RESPECT !

[@a2b3c]

Shouldn't we sometimes consider that "isolating" muscles is not the way our body is intended to work, it's always a "together" - if my traps jump in, so what.. i take a bit more weight, and my delts are again at that level like with lower weight and different position.. but the 2 muscles learn to work together efficiently.. just thinking - i will feel anyway what fails first, and let my delt fail for sure -> failure of the trained muscle is what counts.. not %age - my 5 cents

[@capacious1288]

I’ve watched this video so many times