rear deltoids

[ac]

can anyone tell me some good exercises to buid up my rear delts. my front and mid delts are fine but my rear delts seam non-existant. the only exercise that i know of is the behind the neck shoulder press.
thanks,ac

 

[Arnold]

Personally, I don't find it necessary to isolate the rear delts. I feel that I hit my enough when working back. But once in a while I will do bent over laterals for isolation.

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[SKINSFAN]

I personally don't like the bent over raises however I do find that lying face down on your bench doing the dumbell raises is more comfortable and really isolates the rear delts.

 

[I Are Baboon]

If you have access to a decent pec dec machine, try reverse pec dec flyes. That exercise will hit your rear delts.

[This message has been edited by I Are Baboon (edited 04-07-2001).]

 

[Large And In Charge]

Rear Dumbbell raises are excellent and to make these more intense, lay face down on an incline bench! Doing a reverse peck deck will also hit the rear delts effectively. Another one that works good is upright rows
http://www.gymamerica.com/gti/exercise/exercise_animated_demo_index/1,4263,1_,00.html?

Good luck!

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[ac]

thanks, i'll give these a try. Large and in Charge- cheers for that link, it's an excellent page.

 

[Arnold]

wow! that is a cool site. I will have to bookmark that one!

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[crowman]

I sometimes use the cable crossover, I find that it isolates my rear delts pretty well.


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-Crowman
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