Shoulders Like Boulders (Daily Workouts – 063026)

06/30/26

Shoulders Like Boulders

1A	Band Pull-Apart	2 x 15
1B	Med Ball Slam	2 x 8
2A	Close Grip Incline Bench	8 @ 55%
		6 @ 67%
		4 @ 73%
		3 x 4 @ 78%
2B	Windshield Wiper Pull-ups	5 x 5
3	Big 30	2 x 30
4A	DB Upright Row	3 x 12
4B	DB Shrug	3 x 12
4C	Band Face Pull	3 x 12

Coach’s Notes

First note for today’s workout is on the Close Grip Incline Bench… specifically, where are those percentages coming from? After all, none of us really have a ‘Close Grip Incline Bench 1RM’.

Short answer is to use your Incline Bench max. Easiest way to come up with your Incline Bench max (the way I’ve always done it with the athletes I’ve trained) is to simply use 80% of your Bench max.

It’s not always perfect, but it will get you pretty close.

The other note I have is on one of the most challenging Pull-up variations – Windshield Wiper Pull-ups. Once you get to the top of the rep, you need to go out to each side before going back down.

If you can’t do this variation (you won’t be alone), sub in the most challenging variation you can do (maybe Weighted Pull-ups?)

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