WHAT THE HELL!

I didn't wake up in time to run this morning.  Granted, I did not go to bed until 11.  I just couldn't sleep.  I was thinking about changing up my shoulder routine for tomorrow, and when I should start incorporating negatives into my workout schedule. 

So, I started looking at deltoid exercises for women and got all wrapped up in reading articles.  It's probably why I couldn't sleep until late last night.  While reading about these exercises, I realized that I am definitely hitting the right muscle heads with the exercises I'm already doing.  I just feel like I can incorporate a few more exercises into my plan. 

So, I like the seated barbell military press.  It was named in several articles as one of the best exercises for men and women.  I already do a standing dumbell press, so I might swap this out for a barbell. 

The other exercise that I felt was interesting was doing a combination of a Standing Front Barbell Raise Over Head to a Behind Neck Press.  The first exercise in this sequence would replace the front raises that I'm currently doing with dumbells.  With increasing the weight, it is getting harder to grip the weights and may be time to move to a barbell instead. 

Standing Front Barbell Raise Over Head:

Standing Barbell Press Behind Neck:

You what's funny?  One of the best exercises to reach the rear heads of the deltoids are bent-over lateral raises (this is also known as delt raises).  I looked at all the different types and there's standing, seated, and lying.  Sara had incorporated bent over laterals into our program, but the way that she had instructed me to "bend over" was nowhere near how you should do it.  I've always thought I looked awkward doing these exercises.  I'm going to change my bent over laterals to the lying delt raises pictured above.

Lots of work to put in at the gym tonight...