the_muss

To isolate real delts I do bent over side lateral raises and rear delt flyes (using the pecdec the wrong way round).

Aftershock

First off you need to slap them about the head thats bang out of order. They should have been behind you at all times with their hands positioned underneath your elbows ready for any eventuality. If they cant understand the importance of that then just dont train with them.

No-one is disputing the effort of the lift and its your call if you want to lift in that fashion mate, but put simply the weight was just to heavy for you to handle in good form without risking injury.

For what its worth in my opinion (for bodybuilding purposes) you should have lowered the weight considerably and concentrated more on contracting the muscles involved and less on moving the weight up and down which is irrelevant.

Get the mind into the muscle and train that as opposed to training your ego, which should be left at the door when you enter the gym.

I'm not having a go just expressing an opinion and giving you an idea of how to make the exercise more productive at building muscle which is the ultimate aim no?

Your strength and commitment to the set is not in question, just the logic of it.

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thanks for the advice aftershock and i will take it into consideration but imo you have to try to break new ground and set new goals to progress. i was doing that weight in the style you suggest a few months after that vid was taken but i find you have to get a bit of momentum going the first time you try a heavier db out or you just end up stagnating

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Aftershock

Of course you do, but you can try increasing the rep range at the previous weight before until you go up to the next weight.

Obviously good spotters are vitally important and while you should do as many reps as you can (in good form) unassisted then have your spotter assist you and guide you for several more forced reps to increase the intensity. Also don't neglect the negative on the forced reps, all these things help so that when you go up to the next weight you are prepared for it.

I'm not being patronizing but you really don't want to drop a 50k dumbbell on you bonse I guarantee it wont be a pleasant experience

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