Muscle-gaining has always been one of the most debated topics in the fitness world. A culture of exploring new approaches over and above using the existing ones to achieve body goals is quite common these days. 

Fitness influencers often make waves on social media for their unique or sometimes peculiar suggestions they recommend to their audience. Greg O’Gallagher is one such icon who recently raised many eyebrows with his unheard-of advice to test the strength of the shoulders.  

Greg O’Gallagher’s advice to check should strength 

In a recent Instagram post, Gallagher uploaded a video expressing his idea of testing how much strength and power shoulders may have depending on the person. He wrote a caption, “How much are you hitting on shoulder presses!! Half your bodyweight for 8 is a solid goal to aim for.”

To check shoulder strength, he mentioned and performed the seated dumbbell press exercise, a strength-testing exercise often practiced by many bodybuilders. According to him, one should be able to lift half their body weight on the shoulder press for six repetitions. And if someone does it efficiently, they can be said to have stronger shoulders. Giving an instance, he said, “So if you weigh 180 pounds, that’s 90 pounds per dumbbell for six reps. If you can hit that, you have strong shoulders.” To some extent, his advice can be accepted, especially by one who is an amateur in fitness; however, it is not something many fitness enthusiasts are looking for.

Fitness freaks reject Greg O’ Gallagher’s advice

“Bro just making stupid shit up,” wrote one of the users. “Guys if u can lift heavy on shoulder press then u have strong shoulders,” mocked another Instagram user. Another user expressed, “You are telling me I’m supposed to be able to shoulder press 75 lbs??? I can’t even do 40” 

Giving a straightforward opinion, one Instagram user said, “Not true at all.” Asking him where he learned this technique, one user asked him, “May I know the source of that test? Where is it coming from?” Showing amazement and doing calculations, one of the followers said, “This makes no sense. If I weighed 180lbs then 1/2 my body weight would be 90lbs equaling 45lb dumbbells in each hand.”  Does this recent advice hold water? What do think of it? Share your thoughts below.

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