how many times a week should i train shoulders

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Many people train shoulderstwicea week and have success doing such. Just be mindful of overtraining and you should be ok. If you do other major upper body parts twice and shoulder only once that could be an explanation of why you feel they are lagging.

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How Often Should You Train Shoulders to Build Muscle? Is there a right or wrong answer when it comes to shoulder training frequency? Training frequency is dependent on many variables, such as training age, ability to recovery, sets and reps per session, total training volume per week, and overall goals.

When determining what frequency (times per week) you should be training the shoulders, you need to determine how much dedicated shoulder training you want to perform each session. The key is to be sure that your total weekly volume for the week falls within the recommended ranges above.

Note, that if you are training shoulders this frequently, you need to adhere strictly to only doing 2-4 sets per movement, per day, often just one shoulder movement per day. Want More Shoulder Training Tips? Here are a few shoulder strength and mass training guides and workout ideas for strength and fitness athletes alike!

Training the arms for optimal muscle growth is not a matter of how many days you train them, but rather, how much volume (too much, too little, just right) you are training over time (in this case, a week).