Everyone wants delts like Phil Heath, but if you don’t have the genetics to build boulder shoulders, we now have scientific proof showing which exercises are best for getting—and keeping—them.
Researchers wanted to record the EMG activity of the three portions of the deltoid (anterior, middle, and posterior) in eight different exercises. Subjects performed the free-weight bench press, Smith machine shoulder press, pec deck, reverse pec deck, free-weight lateral raise, cable-crossover lateral raise, incline lat
Don’t bother suggesting anything to Juan Morel to make his workout easier. As a matter of fact, don’t even think about it. The native New Yorker has no desire to simplify his gym time and will even look to make it harder on himself to push it to the limit—with each and every rep.