Shoulders not growing, traps getting bigger? Your training details are wrong! #davidmiao #tips

If you train like this, your shoulders won't grow. How can you avoid compensation from the trapezius muscles? Let me tell you, if you don't have a firm grip and your wrist drop, you'll end up compensating with your traps. If you can't maintain a firm grip, don't extend your elbow joint so [music] straight. Keep it slightly bent because

the straighter it is. The longer the lever arm and the longer the lever arm, the more strength you need from your middle deltoids. [music] Actually, the straighter you extend, the more it targets the origin point of the deltoid, specifically the origin of the middle deltoid. As a result, because your lever arm is too long when you extend it

straight, you [music] can't control it. So, your shoulder blades shrug up. So, in this situation, your trapezius muscles will be doing too much of the work. That's why there are different ways to do lateral raises, including with bent elbows. You have to look at where a person's ability lies. First, their ability to plant their feet.

Second, their ability to breathe, and third, their grip strength. If they can maintain their grip and open their arms, and when they can extend them fully while still maintaining control without their shoulder blades winging out, then that's fine. But if as soon as they extend their arms, their shoulders hunch up like this or roll inward, then that

indicates they simply cannot control the movement. If they can extend their arms and keep them flat and their wrists remain straight without dropping, then in that case, you [music] can increase the weight or the number of repetitions for them. Therefore, for female beginners, it's generally recommended to have them gripped tightly and start with