WHY CAN'T I DB LATERAL RAISE MORE THAN 6KG DBs REEEEEEEEEEEE

>>42173929
maybe you are injured

The Press™ obviously

im in the same fucking position

its so frustrating im just convinced its a useless exercise

>>42173929
Try do get stronger on OHP while trying to increase volume with side laterals

>>42173929
why do you give a shit what you lateral raise?

just do them for higher reps, and progress when you can in weight (once in a blue moon - over the course of your lifting career you might only get up to 30lb lateral raises with good form)

>>42173942
>The Press™ obviously
this guys is objectively right

>>42173929
Yer a DYEL, Harry

>>42174320
So should I ditch DB Lat raises for more volume on OHP?

>>42174837
no, OHP and lateral raises serve different purposes

OHP is primarily a front delt exercise, you will get some minor lateral delt involvement depending on how much your elbows flare out

rear delts are hit somewhat with rows/pullups, but ideally you should isolate those too

side delts are hit more with DB OHP (because you can use more flare in the motion, you can't do it with a barbell because it would be noclipping through your head in the bottom portion of the ROM), but the most direct way to hit them is with lateral raises

tl;dr: complete shoulder workout has a vertical press, lateral raises, and rear delt work

>>42173929
So just so 5 reps until you get stronger you fucking pussy

In my case it took doing different exercises. I started doing ohp 5x5, rear lats, front lat raise, and bent over rows.
T. Someone who graduated from 15 lb lat raise to 20lb

The muscles used are tiny, so any gains to them translate into not much additional force application.

you're not supposed to use heavy weights for lateral raises dumbass, unless you like rotator cuff issues.

seth feroce uses fucking 15kgs and he's 5'5 240lbs of muscle

moar volume, less weight for delts. works for me at least.

>>42175838
also isolate delts twice every push day, once side and one front. I usually switch up cable/plate/DB for workouts.

>>42173929
Big Z on lat raises.

Works pretty well, can get full ROM without cheating at 15kg now.

>>42173929
I started doing OHP on Push day and lateral raises & face pulls on Pull day, making good delt gains this way. Like everyone is saying, lateral raises are always going to use pretty light DBs.