Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall Team Up for a Shoulder Workout Fit for Strongman Legends

It isn’t usually two icons crew as much as practice their energy collectively.

Written by Robert Zeglinski Final up to date on November 15, 2022

By way of accomplishments and affect on the game of strongman, few athletes might examine to the exploits of Brian Shaw and Eddie Hall. Each are former World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champions, each plan to proceed to plug away in various strength endeavors as opponents, and each appear to have no long-term want to rack their circus dumbbells any time quickly. A current training collaboration between the pair is perhaps a tacit acknowledgment they’re conscious of their affect on strength sports activities total.

On Nov. 13, 2022, Corridor posted a video on his YouTube channel the place he and Shaw ran via a difficult shoulder workout collectively. Corridor traveled from his native United Kingdom to affix Shaw for the session on the latter’s residence gymnasium in Fort Lupton, CO.

Right here’s an outline of the shoulder exercise Shaw and Corridor tag-teamed collectively at Shaw’s residence gymnasium.

Seated Overhead Press

Shaw and Corridor started their shoulder routine with a couple of units of a seated overhead press. The athletes didn’t use conventional dumbbells, as an alternative electing to make the most of Rogue Thompson Fatbells — which resemble bowling balls with a deal with within the hollowed-out heart. The pair started with a weight of 53 kilos in every hand on the primary set earlier than step by step transitioning to a last set of 150 kilos per hand.

Provided that Fatbells require the athlete to place their arms “inside” the weights, so to talk, some may contemplate them tougher to coach with. This sentiment appeared to use to Corridor after his first expertise with the implements.

“Gotta say, by no means touched them [the Thompson Fatbells] earlier than,” Corridor mentioned. “We did 5 units, however I really feel like we did ten units. It’s that a lot more durable to stabilize.”

Seated Machine Shoulder Press

Staying seated, Shaw and Corridor subsequent carried out some units on a seated machine shoulder press. The athletes started with only one 45-pound plate on every finish of the machine and labored to a last set of 450 kilos for 10 reps (5 45-pound plates on all sides).

Cable Rear Delt Flye/Single-Arm Dumbbell Lateral Increase Superset

As soon as they had been completed with urgent actions and variations, Corridor and Shaw closed their shoulder exercise with demanding supersets, pairing a rear-facing shoulder flye in a cable crossover machine with single-arm dumbbell lateral raises. As soon as the 2 reached the ultimate set, Shaw ensured he carried out at the least yet another rep (13) than his pleasant peer in Corridor (12).