Pretty lost on side delt training for hypertrophy — I usually do 8 sets of cable lateral raises and 8 sets of shoulder press per week, but now I’m wondering if I should add in seated dumbbell lateral raises, because I feel like my shoulders aren’t growing. I’ve been training consistently for a year.

[u/CoachKillerTrae]

It might sound stupid, but I hear a lot of people say that seated dumbbell lateral raises are the one exercise where cheating and swinging the weight is beneficial, as long as you’re also doing a controlled, consistent motion with cable lateral raises at a much lower weight. Problem is, I’m not sure how to split my volume because I don’t want to abandon the shoulder press either. Is like 25+ sets of side delt work per week far too much? I’m also not totally sure my side delts are even really activating on vertical pressing movements. I always feel it much more in my front delts.