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Home » bodybuilding » Joe DeFranco’s Shoulder Workout

Joe DeFranco’s Shoulder Workout

December 21, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Try Joe DeFranco’s 3-Way “Shoulder Shocker”

Perform: 2-3 sets, 8-12 per movement, no rest between exercises

  • Seated Plate Raise using a 25 or 45-pound weight plate
  • Seated Lateral Raise with light dumbbells – 20 to 25 pounds
  • Seated Dumbbell Cuban Press, strict form (shrug, upright row, an external rotation, shoulder press.

And to balance all that anterior / lateral delt work – do 100 band pull aparts a day.

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