Summertime is here. All bodybuilders want to develop their shoulders. Even those who don't consider themselves serious weight lifters, want bigger, stronger shoulders to fill out their shirts or just to look good on the beach!
Well, to help all of you out with this, I?ve provided a few shoulder exercises to try out which will soon have you on your way to bigger, stronger, more defined shoulders.
Basically there are two kinds of shoulder exercises - raises and shoulder presses. This article I am covering presses. Raises are coming in the future, so keep checking back! Presses are great shoulder exercises, mainly targeting the triceps, but they do involve other muscles as well.
Military Press:
This exercise can be done while standing ? though for beginners, I?d recommend starting out with seated military presses, on a bench with good back support.
Sitting or standing, use an overhand grip to grasp barbell. Hold it at shoulder height; hands slightly farther apart than your shoulders. Slowly raise the barbell up until your arms are as far up as they can go without straining. Slowly lower the dumbbell to shoulder height and repeat.
Seated Dumbbell Press:
This is similar to the Military Press except you will be using dumbbells. This mainly targets the front and side deltoids so consider mixing it in with other press exercises.
This exercise will also train your sense of balance, but remember to start this one off with a little less weight than you would normally use.
Sit on your bench with a dumbbell in both hands. Hold the dumbbells at shoulder height with your palms facing outward. Again, you are going to press the dumbbells slowly up until your arms are locked out. Slowly return the dumbbells to shoulder height and then repeat.
These are a couple the many presses you can do to build stronger, bigger shoulders. Hopefully these will cause you to seek out other press exercises. Until next time, maybe I'll see you at the gym!Of course, I will be adding more in my writings at a later date. Keep working out and I'll see you soon at the gym!
Well, to help all of you out with this, I?ve provided a few shoulder exercises to try out which will soon have you on your way to bigger, stronger, more defined shoulders.
Basically there are two kinds of shoulder exercises - raises and shoulder presses. This article I am covering presses. Raises are coming in the future, so keep checking back! Presses are great shoulder exercises, mainly targeting the triceps, but they do involve other muscles as well.
Military Press:
This exercise can be done while standing ? though for beginners, I?d recommend starting out with seated military presses, on a bench with good back support.
Sitting or standing, use an overhand grip to grasp barbell. Hold it at shoulder height; hands slightly farther apart than your shoulders. Slowly raise the barbell up until your arms are as far up as they can go without straining. Slowly lower the dumbbell to shoulder height and repeat.
Seated Dumbbell Press:
This is similar to the Military Press except you will be using dumbbells. This mainly targets the front and side deltoids so consider mixing it in with other press exercises.
This exercise will also train your sense of balance, but remember to start this one off with a little less weight than you would normally use.
Sit on your bench with a dumbbell in both hands. Hold the dumbbells at shoulder height with your palms facing outward. Again, you are going to press the dumbbells slowly up until your arms are locked out. Slowly return the dumbbells to shoulder height and then repeat.
These are a couple the many presses you can do to build stronger, bigger shoulders. Hopefully these will cause you to seek out other press exercises. Until next time, maybe I'll see you at the gym!Of course, I will be adding more in my writings at a later date. Keep working out and I'll see you soon at the gym!
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