Oh squats for shoulder development?

[Sim882]

Has anyone had much success with OH squats and shoulder development? Does it do much for the shoulders (and abs and on another point).

I've just started, and can finally balance well. I'm not doing much weight at moment (my arms give way if I go above 40 too quickly), but love the exercise and the "about to break" feeling I get all down my arms.

I eventually want to be able to do proper snatches, so thought that was another reason to start doing the OH squat

 

[ExtraMile]

What exactly are they? :S

 

[Sim882]

overhead squat? http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/OlympicLifts/OverheadSquat.html

 

[waldowade]

when I asked about doing these I was given the advice to hold the bar like I'm trying to pull it apart, and when I started doing it that way my rear delts got a nice burn too

 

[Sim882]

I seem to be improving quickly on this one. From a really pathetic 25kg (on smaller bar) not long ago when I started (2 months) to 7x50kg today (olympic bar), olympic depth too

What % of your total squat weights should these be at?

 

[MichaelScott]

they look like one bitch of an exercise

 

[dabuffguy]

If you want shoulder development, you should do standing shoulder presses.

 

[JLowe02]

If you want shoulder development, you should do standing shoulder presses.

with dumbells

 

[AEKDB]

They will help develop your shoulders. Try this: using a much lighter weight, squat and stop in the bottom position, perform 5-10 behind the neck presses, on the final press keep the weight locked out and stand up.

The best assistance lift for shoulder building is probably heavy split (or squat) jerks.

 

[musketeer]

These will strengthen the shoulders, but will not noticeably make them grow.

I agree with aekdb, but would recommend push presses.

 

[fortunatesun]

It's a static hold, so of course muskateer is correct but, just to nit-pick, the increased strength translates well to your presses. It indirectly helps.

I'm doing them now at the end of every workout because I want to lose a few pounds. 50 reps with a target set range of 5. Of course this is going light, but I a much better at squat than press so I think I'm getting a fair return on the overhead part as well.

 

[Sim882]

I did 45kgx10, and then 50kgx6 olympic depth OH squats today.

I gotta say - it's awesome feel. on the 45x10, I could have perhaps gone more, but felt really dizzy and wanted to try pb on next set.

It ruins the rest of my workout though - i seem to find it really tiring