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Full Body with a Shoulder Pump

20 min · EMOM · KB or DB

Shoulder hypertrophy / bodybuilding with a MetCon finish

How it runs4-minute sequence repeated 5 times; reps selected to approach technical failure within each minute

Each minute

  1. Min 1
    Heavy Arnold press · 8 to 12 reps

    Finishing near technical failure

  2. Min 2
    Alternating halo lunges · 10 to 16 total
  3. Min 3
    Front-position lateral raises · to failure

    Heavy but controlled

  4. Min 4
    8 alternating devil presses to spike heart rate
What EMOM means

EMOM means Every Minute On the Minute. At the top of each minute you start that minute's movement, get your reps in, then rest whatever time is left before the next minute begins. Move well and you buy yourself more rest.

Scaling options

Reduce load to preserve form; use reverse lunges with a static goblet hold; perform step-back devil presses; stop lateral raises before shoulder position breaks down

Back-friendly · McGill method

Brace your abs before every press, like someone's about to poke you in the gut, and keep your ribs down over your hips. That keeps your low back out of it. Hinge at your hips on the lunges instead of rounding over. On the devil press, don't round your back to grab the weights off the floor. Keep your back stiff and hinge down, or set the weights up on a riser so you're not reaching so far.