Do you prefer training front delts on or away from chest days?

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u_e_s_i

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I’ve shifted to training 3/4 days a week and split my front, side and rear delts between push, pull and leg days but I’m not sure which day I should train which part of my delts on. I’ve heard some people say that pre-fatiguing is the way to go (e.g. do isolated front delt exercises on push days) but I’ve also heard others say they prefer training each part while they’re as fresh as possible (e.g. don’t do isolated front delt exercises on push days).

Which school of thought do you guys subscribe to and are there any caveats to keep in mind?
 
Ive always done supersets of lateral and front raises on my upper body/horizontal movement day, after my main movements.
 
Just gonna depend on you, my man. If you do shoulders first, you could compromise your other pressing movements. If you’re trying to prioritize shoulders, that’s fine, but it could compromise chest and triceps development. If you really want to focus on shoulders, I’d give them their own day. You’re going to get some stimulation from any pressing movement already. For me personally, I do small muscle groups separate from when they would be used with larger ones. I wouldn’t train rear delts with back or front with chest. Maybe do opposite. You can do your presses, then throw in some sets for the rear delts, so they’re relatively fresh still and won’t affect your pressing.
 
I don't train front delts. I feel like mine are already over developed in comparison to other body parts from all the heavy pressing. I usually train side delts with my pressing movements or on a push day and hit rear delts on the days that I do rows and pull Downs
 
Smont said:
I honestly don't know a lot of people that directly train their front delts
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If you push as you should it’s really no reason to do front delts, rare delts is way more important and should be incorporated a lot more.
 
BBiceps said:
If you push as you should it’s really no reason to do front delts, rare delts is way more important and should be incorporated a lot more.
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Yeah I’ve always thought direct isolation work for front delts was overrated. Rear delt training seems to be underrated though.
 
Front and side training on pushing day and trapeze and hindquarters on pulling day.
 
Front delta get hit with all my pressing, side delt. Isolation gets hit 2-3x/week, rear delts isolation get hit 2-4x/week. I work in my rear and side delts on lower body days and I have found it not to really affect my upper body days the next day or with 1 day of rest between.

I find my rear delts and back in general I can hit 3x a week. Not really get sore and can just hammer on it. Pressing exercises on the other hand are usually 2x a week unless I add a third day but at much lower weight or cut reps in half.
 
I train front delt's with shoulders, 4 days after chest.
 
Smont said:
I don't train front delts. I feel like mine are already over developed in comparison to other body parts from all the heavy pressing. I usually train side delts with my pressing movements or on a push day and hit rear delts on the days that I do rows and pull Downs
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Same. I do love rear-delts (reverse flyes) and press behind neck.
Also side delts. But front, I never train them. Tons of stimulus from benching and like Smont, mine are a bit over-developed.
 
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