shoulder workout questions

[mcwp101]

I usually do shoulders twice a week. I want them to stick out more and be taller also. What all can i do? I do every workout different so that my body doesn't get used to the same things every time. I do a lot of military press,dumb bell presses, arnold presses and different lateral stuff too. I want my shoulders to grow better any suggestions?

 

[beerdrinker]

I do every workout different so that my body doesn't get used to the same things every time.

Stop doing that.

Your body doesn't change because you "surprise" it with a new workout every week, it adapts to whatever stress is being applied. This means that unless you are increasing either weight or reps (preferably weight) consistently, your body will not adapt further and will stay the same. It's very difficult to have progression when you are changing it up all the time. It's good to change things up every once in a while, but not to the extreme you are taking it.

 

[BigboyAl]

instead of always changing it up you might want to try different rep/set schemes that hit the muscle different.. for example if you stick to low heavy for 3 weeks like 6sets of 3reps then go into high volume 4x10 or 3x20 the muscle will react to the new rep range like its a new angle..
example:
i did 225 for 20 reps, then after going very heavy for 6 weeks i went back to high reps and it took me 3 weeks to get my reps back to 20 at 225. my body lost adaptation to the rep range..and took 3 weeks to adapt.
in the mean time your body is growing because youve grown from the heavy lifting then grew from the high rep lifting .. as you switch back and fourth you lose some of the gains from each cycle phase but the net result in a years time is over all muscle growth..
the key is to push yourself past the last point u left off at.. by either adding an additional rep or 5lbs to the bar with the same rep range..this is how you grow..once you break a record you switch back to other rep range for a few weeks... get back to your old set/rep range then try to beat it with rest/pauses sets or whatever works for you..