06/06/2026
I’ve always had little shoulders. This giant set is what’s finally rounding them out…
I’ve been trying to grow my little shoulders into stronger, rounder, bolder shoulders.
I love hitting the rear shoulder muscle, because when you develop that, it gives really good depth and shape to the whole shoulder.
So I've been doing this giant set of three exercises. Facepulls, followed by Ts, followed by Ys. Just focusing on building that burn.
I'm not going for crazy angles. I keep the angle quite easy so I can get lots of reps out. But I'm really just chasing the burn, not even counting reps to be honest.
I don't want to involve the upper back too much. So I almost go against conventional wisdom and round my shoulders slightly forward. As soon as I start retracting and pulling my shoulder blades back, the back comes in and takes over. I really want to isolate the middle and rear shoulder muscles as much as possible.
So I stay slightly rounded forward and keep this short pumping action. I see it like a zombie, slowly lifting my arms up and down. Small range of motion to keep that pump going. I keep my hands as hooks. It's all shoulders, squeezing super hard.
I'm making the shoulders drive the movement up and down not yanking or pulling. Just a slow, consistent, powerful squeeze to really feel the burn.
And it feels fantastic. After, the shoulders feel pumped up, like they're about to burst through the skin.
So I'm doing these every single workout. This giant set, back to back. One set, pushed to failure.
And man, it feels good.