Rant time:
Pro tip on Rear delts—-
I don’t understand why people don’t train rear delts. It’s one of those muscle groups that I think people don’t think to train, similarly to like forearms. The problem is, is everybody has over-developed front delts, because of the amount of motion that we use every day when lifting objects or pushing/pulling.
So why is important to train rear delts? Your shoulder relies on equal support from the front, side and rear delt. When your rear delt is under developed, your front delt pulls on your shoulder joint when you’re lifting or pulling, and is relying on the accessory help from the rear delt, but if it’s under developed, you have a higher rate of injuring your shoulder, and most lifting athletes have no idea how they injured themself, even if they were using ‘good form’. Rear delts are an extremely small muscle group and it does not take much to stimulate them, so you don’t have to go very heavy when training, it’s more about the stimulation and they do grow rather quickly, but don’t ignore them either and overtime, it will benefit you even outside the gym.
Two exercises you can use to train rear delts:
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2. View attachment 1812322
Rant over…..
I do the first one at the gym as do the vast majority that do the machine circuit. I’m not sure what the second is. It looks like a narrow lat pull down or a cable machine angled pull.
This also looks like a bench reverse fly.
There are purists that do free weights only in the gym. I do the machines with the rest of the seniors. I do free weights in my home gym.