Front delts without traps

[VenomYo]

trying to figure out how to hit my front delts without engaging my traps, as my traps are already growing uncontrollably..

Bench press obviously hits the front delt, but stuff like OHP and front raises simply goes too much into the traps, I'm looking for a trap-free movement that hits solely the front delts

Any suggestions?

 

[Type-IIx]

The only way I can think of to inhibit the upper trapezius from contributing to work for the anterior deltoid is to set up an incline bench at a 45 degree angle, prop your upper trapezius atop it and retract the scapula into it, then perform alternating dumbbell front raises.

 

[Mac11wildcat]

Why’re we discussing compounds when trying to truly isolate a muscle?

Sit down on a bench. Lock your shoulders down. Do front raises. Watch your shoulders in the mirror.

You’re also in a very small % of people that don’t have dominant front delts. Your traps don’t perform the same function as your front delt (or any delt) so the issue is really just form.

 

[Canknucklehead]

What are you doing for traps? They tend to grow quicker than other muscles when you are on the gas.

 

[godsgifttoearth]

trying to figure out how to hit my front delts without engaging my traps, as my traps are already growing uncontrollably..

Bench press obviously hits the front delt, but stuff like OHP and front raises simply goes too much into the traps, I'm looking for a trap-free movement that hits solely the front delts

Any suggestions?

if you lift your arm up, your front delts are doing the work of shoulder flexion. your traps can only stabilise the scapula or potentially raise the scapula in that movement. the weight your traps can handle in a front raise position is an order of magnitude higher than what your delts can do in a front raise, because of the levers. your traps are getting no reasonable training from front raising unless you're using a weight that is too heavy, you're swinging and shrugging the raise and then fighting it back down.

tl;dr who gives a shit, the traps aren't "taking over".

 

[Ninjaturtle2020]

Side lateral raises is what led to my capped delts

 

[JesterBOB]

Do exercises on the front delta in the simulator, you can do it in isolation and the emphasis of the load will be in the right direction.

 

[Ninjaturtle2020]

Do exercises on the front delta in the simulator, you can do it in isolation and the emphasis of the load will be in the right direction.

In the matrix or the metaverse? This simulation sucks.