Fitness Log - Shoulders - Week 8

Last day of this routine... wasn't that great.

Military Press - 42,5 45 42.5
6 5 4
I don't think I rested enough / prepped well enough for the last set so was a failure. It's just so hard to push through this exercise! Like when you have no strength, you just have no strength, no chance to even cheat to push through lol.

Lateral side DB raise - 8kg
888
This exercise still isn't exactly easy, and my torso still moves slightly and i slightly swing. I think no point increasing weight, will just compromise form. Stay at 8kg

Seated shoulder press - 20kg
6 6 5
Got a spot on the last 1-2 reps.. but wow surprised I could do this. Now I'm not lowering the weight so much such that my elbow never goes below 90 degrees, because someone told me this may injure my rotator cuff and I agree! Always feels so difficult when I lower below 90 degrees, and not in a good way. I think the military press works those muscles sufficiently - this seated DB version should focus more on the shoulder heads.

Front DB raise - 10kg 8kg 8kg
8 8 8
Swinging a bit on 8kg, think this sets configuration is good. My shoulders/arms were so burnt after this lol.

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This marks the end of my 8 week cycle with this workout regime. The general principles were low reps, high weight, at 6 reps, and if I could do all 6 reps, I will up the weight. For the next cycle I think I will bump the reps up to 8reps a set, to get a better pump out of my muscles, as I'm not seeing much gains with the 6 reps regime. Will drop all weights by 3.75kg (3 weeks worth of progression) to cope with the higher reps, hope it's ok.