Broadening Shoulders

[Mercere]

Wide Grip Military presses, Wide Grip bent over rows, Wide Grip Benching if you bench

For anyone that doubts the ability of the shoulder structure NOT enlarging
Please look at first year swimmers or rowers vs 4th and 5th year swimmers and rowers

If you begin swimming at an early age, it will help. Once the bones get set, no such thing. Don't matter if you MP holding the plates instead of the bar.

 

[mickeyb69]

Dont work you traps too hard, huge traps will give the illusion of a narrow frame.

 

[gjohnson5]

Despite popular belief , there is some ability for the ribcage to expand due to the stretching of the cartridge in the ribcage. You must in early and middle teens to do this as it takes years to develop.

The HIT folks on bb.com talk about this guy alot and his beliefs on training
http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1502695

But expanding your ribcage and getting wider are two totally separate issues. Ribcage expansion would be getting deeper, not wider. I don't believe anything will make you wider except growth hormone whether endogenous from being young or high dose jintropin

If you begin swimming at an early age, it will help. Once the bones get set, no such thing. Don't matter if you MP holding the plates instead of the bar.

 

[thebadguy54]

Shoulder press, push press, push jerk and hang snatch.

 

[Lee]

Dont work you traps too hard, huge traps will give the illusion of a narrow frame.

youre joking right?

 

[Mercere]

Despite popular belief , there is some ability for the ribcage to expand due to the stretching of the cartridge in the ribcage. You must in early and middle teens to do this as it takes years to develop.

The HIT folks on bb.com talk about this guy alot and his beliefs on training
http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1502695

But expanding your ribcage and getting wider are two totally separate issues. Ribcage expansion would be getting deeper, not wider. I don't believe anything will make you wider except growth hormone whether endogenous from being young or high dose jintropin

Interesting read, thanks.

 

[BigboyAl]

youre joking right?

I hope he's joking...

big traps make you look much wider from the front.. they do the same thing for your shoulders as lat spread does for your back..

ill take a pic of my shoulders and show you when i get a chance...

 

[Tagio]

i dont think the guy was trying to expand his skeleton, just put mass on his actual deltoids which does widen your shoulders since the extra muscle sticks out farther on either side. also don't neglect your traps, maybe a pencil neck would create the illusion of wider shoulders but powerful traps are an important part of a guy's physique (just saw the guy explained himself already earlier in the thread, my bad)

 

[mickeyb69]

youre joking right?

I'm not saying to neglect the traps, but if your traps are out of proportion with your shoulders, you won't have that nice v-shape. You will still look thick but having good symmetry is equally important.

 

[mickeyb69]

Well what i mean is to build my delts enough so that they stick out farther, giving the illusion that in fact my shoulders are broad.

huge traps will not give this illusion