Need help with my shoulder workout#1663

This is my current workout

Shoulders
2x5-10 pike push ups (10 🏆) (9 🥇)
1xfailure pseudo push ups (5)
3x8-12 lateral raises (8x7kg), (12x5kg) (12)
(I replaced overhead press with pike push ups)

My goal is calisthenics strength. I dont care about shoulder size, just enough strength that’ll allow me to perform skills like handstand push up and more advanced forward leans.
Now the problem is that I do all these exercises after chest compounds (weighted dips + bench) so my shoulders are lowkey fried. Any ideas how to neither negatively impact my chest nor neglect my shoulder strength?

Hey. This is Chrys, one of the trainers at Hybrid.

If your main goal is shoulder strength for calisthenics ,stuff like handstand pushups and stronger forward leans, you’re on the right track with pike and pseudo pushups. The only snag is hitting chest first with dips and bench. By the time you get to your shoulder work, you’re already cooked, so you’re not really training strength—just surviving the burnout.

You’ve got a few ways to fix that. The best move is giving shoulders their own short session, even just 20–30 minutes, so you can actually hit them fresh. If that’s not realistic, rotate your focus, start one push day with chest and the next with shoulders. That way both get some quality attention across the week. You could also swap your bench for something that doesn’t crush your shoulders as much, like ring pushups or weighted pushups, just to free up recovery.

And honestly, mix in a few isometric holds like wall handstands or pike handstand holds. Those build pressing strength directly toward handstand pushups without adding a ton of fatigue. The idea is to train smart. Let your shoulders get some real work in instead of just trying to survive after chest day.

Oh alternating between shoulders and chest focus is smart! Regarding the shoulder workout itself, do u consider it ok? Should i add a set to pike push ups and two more sets to pseudo or is it too much?
Also, should my shoulder focus day be the day I train handstands or the one i don’t (at which i have a tight schedule so not much time for training)?

Yeah, your shoulder setup looks good. You can add one more set to pike pushups if recovery feels fine, but only one to pseudos—two more might be overkill. And yep, do your shoulder-focused work on the same day as handstands so all your pressing’s in one session, then give them a full rest after.

Got it. Thanks for your time brother :)

Of course!