hitting lateral shoulder head without lateral raises?

[yobagago]

lateral raises kill my traps in a bad way and I just can't do them without hurting myself. My form seems fine I did it in front of a mirror for about a month before I figured out this exercise was the reason I had to take like 2 aspirin a day for neck pain. I stopped doing them and now my neck is almost fine (still a bit of pain but it's nothing serious) Only problem is that I have absolutly no shoulder definition at all and my anterior is bigger then median and posterior so from the side my shoulder is sloped. and from straight on it's flat.

Is there a way to get bigger shoulders without stressing traps as much as lateral shoulder raises?




and for anyone wondering I hurt my traps trying to do dumbbell squats when I first started lifting a year and a half ago.

[DJAuto]

Are you lifting too much resistance? Or, it's likely a technique issue.

[cp88]

Are you working the adduction version? Need a cable for it. I added it into my routine and slowly the abduction numbers have been increasing.

[Vinsanity23]

seated db overhead presses will hit the middle delts pretty hard

[yobagago]

seated db overhead presses will hit the middle delts pretty hard

like this? http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...taryPress.html


I like this idea.




"Are you working the adduction version? Need a cable for it. I added it into my routine and slowly the abduction numbers have been increasing."
don't know what that means. I've tried elbows straight and elbows bent.

I double checked my form a few times and I don't thing that's the issue, its aggravating a previous injury where I messed my traps up real bad essentially trying to shrug 50 lbs pound dumbbells right out of the gate (waaaaaay to much weight) I definitely pulled something, and now I have to take it easy on my traps.

[asdf89]

upright rows, arnold presses instead of regular db press

[Ricao]

If u feeling your traps u are doing the lateral raise to the front right? If when u lower the weight u stop in front of u legs than u hit the traps...otherwise u doing it correctly (lowering to the side of the leg) and u should feel no pain on traps...lower the weight and practice correct form imho lateral is a great exercise