Shoulder Giant Set Workouts | The Ultimate Guide!

Are you curious about giant set shoulder workouts?

Do you want to know to use giant sets to build bigger, stronger shoulders?

Then you’ve come to the right place.

In this comprehensive guide, I will teach you exactly how to use giant set shoulder workouts to take your training to the next level!

Introduction

Part 1: John Meadows Shoulder Giant Sets
Part 2: Milos Sarcev Shoulder Giant Sets

Giant sets are one of the most effective training methods in the world.

Many of the world’s top bodybuilding coaches like John Meadows, Ben Pakulski, and Milos Sarcev have used giant sets to build the chest and other major muscle groups.

But what are giant sets, and why are they so effective for building muscle?

Giant sets are a series of 4 or more exercises performed in a row for a single muscle group.

For example, a chest giant set would include 4 different chest exercises performed in a row with a max of 10 seconds rest between sets. Check it out:

Shoulder Giant Set

Step #1: Perform exercise “A”, rest 10 seconds
Step #2: Perform exercise “B”, rest 10 seconds
Step #3: Perform exercise “C”, rest 10 seconds
Step #4: Perform exercise “D”, rest 2-4 minutes, then repeat!

Talk about an intense training method!

Giant sets can be effective for every body part.

However, in my experience they are especially effective for building big, strong shoulders! There are a few reasons for this.

First of all, the deltoids have a wide range of fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibers. For maximal development, you have to use techniques (such as giant sets!) that increases the total time under tension of your sets.

The deltoid muscles also have as many as 7 different insertion points on the shoulder joint!

The deltoids require a large variety of exercises for optimal development.

And giant sets help you achieve both of these goals: high time under tension AND a wide variety of exercises!

Here is one of John Meadows’ favorite giant set workouts that you can try. Check it out:

John Meadows Giant Set Shoulder Workout

Exercise A1: Prone DB row (elbows flared out), 4 sets of 8-10 reps, 10 seconds rest
Exercise A2: Seated machine lateral raise, 4 sets of 8-10 reps, 10 seconds rest
Exercise A3: Reverse pec dec, 4 sets of 8-10 reps,10 seconds rest
Exercise A4: Seated machine overhead press, 4 sets of 8-10 reps, 2 minutes rest

Here is the training video for this workout:

John Meadows likes to use the pre-exhaust method in his shoulder workouts.

He performs different isolation exercises for the side and rear delts first, and then once his deltoids are pre-exhausted, he moves onto his heavy overhead pressing movements.

John likes this strategy because it takes some of the pressure off your shoulders during the heavy compound movements.

He also thinks it leads to better overall shoulder growth than the traditional strategy of performing your heaviest exercises first in your workout.

Performing 4 exercises in a row for your shoulders is tough enough as is.

However, if you really want to shock your shoulders into growth then you may want to try one of Milos Sarcev’s giant set shoulder routines!

Milos Sarcev Shoulder Giant Set

Exercise #1: 60 degree prone DB lateral raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #2: 45 degree prone DB reverse fly, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #3: 45 degree prone ez-bar row (wide grip / elbows flared), 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #4: Seated DB lateral raise, 3 sets of 10 reps**, no rest
Exercise #5: Bent over DB reverse fly, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #6: Arcing front DB raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #7: Arcing lateral DB raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #8: Lateral DB overhead raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #9: Arcing DB front raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #10: Seated smith machine overhead press, 3 sets of 10 reps, 2-4 minutes rest

Here is the training video:

Talk about an intense workout!

For this routine, Milos Sarcev performs 10 different shoulder exercises back-to-back as part of a giant set circuit.

He mostly performs different shoulder isolation exercises, such as front, side, and rear dumbbell raises.

At the end of the routine he performs some smith machine overhead presses to overload the delts with a heavy weight.

Of course, at that point in the routine his shoulders were fried, so he wasn’t able to use much weight at all!

If you thought the last shoulder giant set routine was crazy, just wait until you see this 16-exercise Milos Sarcev shoulder giant set workout! Check it out:

Milos Sarcev Shoulder Giant Set Workout

Exercise #1: Seated dumbbell lateral raise, 3 sets of 10 reps**, no rest
Exercise #2: Smith machine overhead press, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #3: Seated dumbbell front raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #4: Seated arcing dumbbell front raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #5: Seated dumbbell lateral raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #6: Smith machine overhead press, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #7: Seated dumbbell front raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #8: Seated dumbbell lateral raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #9: Seated bent over rear delt dumbbell raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #10: Seated arcing dumbbell front raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #11: Seated dumbbell lateral raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #12: Seated bent over rear delt dumbbell raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #13: Seated arcing dumbbell front raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #14: Seated dumbbell lateral raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #15: Seated bent over rear delt dumbbell raise, 3 sets of 10 reps, no rest
Exercise #16: Smith machine overhead press, 3 sets of 10 reps, rest as needed

**Perform a single drop set

Here is the training video:

Talk about an insane workout!

If you are interested in performing this routine, then I strongly recommend you check out the training video.

Milos does a fantastic job of demonstrating how to perform this routine, including the level of intensity you need to bring on each and every set!

Conclusion | Giant Set Shoulder Workouts!

Giant sets are one of the most effective training methods in the world – especially if you want to build big, strong shoulders!

This isn’t just my opinion though – many of the world’s top bodybuilding coaches like John Meadows, Ben Pakulski, Milos Sarcev, and Charles Poliquin are also huge fans of giant sets for building massive deltoid muscles.

If you are looking for a new routine to shock your shoulders into growth, then let it be one of these giant set shoulder workouts.

They may be just what you need to take your training to the next level!

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