The perfect shoulder routine should consist of exercises for your front, middle, and rear delts (not necessarily in that order!). That said, even that doesn't make for a complete shoulder routine. To round out your shoulders with a good routine you need to fill in the gaps of what's missing from those popular shoulder exercises. That's what we do in this video. If you look at the four main exercises that people perform in their shoulder routines you'll see the dumbbell or barbell press, lateral raises, front raises, and maybe even dips. Look closely at these classic movements and you'll see one thing they have in common. Each of these exercises doesn't have a position of stretch or take the muscle through its full range of motion. This is a problem when it comes to developing a complete set of impressive shoulders. Just because you're doing a full range of motion in the exercises you perform doesn't mean you're taking the muscle through its full range of motion. For example, all shoulder exercises are performed by changing the angle of the arm at the shoulder. Because the shoulder is a three-dimensional joint, you still have a lot of range of motion available in your shoulder exercises. That being said, we often overlook the fact that the shoulder joint is not just the socket. Because the socket is technically the shoulder blade, you must consider the other muscles that are connected to these bones which play a major role in your shoulder training. Not only that, but hypertrophy should never be the only goal of your shoulder training. To be complete as an athlete you are going to have to incorporate some movements that train the explosiveness of the entire shoulder girdle and allow you to train all of these muscles together. The solution to this problem is to not rush through bulking exercises or even the lighter bulking exercises but to add to them, and not overlook any element of a complete workout. Here’s how to build the perfect shoulder routine with that in mind. Warm up with an Overhead Band Press – 2 sets of 15 holding each rep for 3 seconds. Overhead Press or Overhead Push-Ups – 4 sets of 12, 8, 6, 6 reps. Finish with a set of dumbbell and band overhead press for muscle re-education x 15 reps. Tri-Set Deltoid Stretches (21’s) – 2-3 sets of 7 reps for anterior, middle, and rear delts. Make sure to perform these in back to front order with an eye toward fatigue. Dumbbell “cheat” Lateral Raises – 3 sets to failure with each arm. Immediately follow with Dumbbell Push Press to failure with each arm. Cable or Band Face Pulls – 3 sets of 15. Perform these with a 15 sets of 1 mentality to ensure high quality on each rep. When you put this all together in the format I suggest here, you are now not only working the shoulders through their full range of motion but you are also working every area of ​​the shoulders. Drop sets allow you to make less intense exercises more challenging since they were preceded by a more difficult compound lift. This is just one example of how we apply science to your shoulder routines. If you want to train like an athlete you must back up every workout you do with science. You can do this with the ATHLEAN-X Training Systems available in the link below and immediately start building a defined, muscular and athletic body. For more shoulder workout videos for the anterior, middle and rear delts, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel /athleanxespañol and don't forget to turn on notifications so you don't miss any new videos. Build Muscle in 90 Days - http://athleanx.com/x/build-muscle... Subscribe to this channel here - /athleanxespañol