Exercises for the Shoulder

Every bodybuilder seeks to develop their shoulders. Heck, even a lot of people who hardly consider themselves to be into weight training would like to have bigger, stronger shoulders to fill out their clothes better or just look better at the beach this summer (it?s almost upon us, you know).

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.

Now, there are basically two kinds of shoulder exercises ? raises and shoulder presses. In this article, we?ll be covering presses, with raises being covered in a future article (keep checking back!). Presses are great exercise for the shoulders which work the triceps primarily, but do involve other muscles as well.

The Military Press:

Sitting or standing, this exercise can be done either way. For beginner’s, I recommend sitting on a bench with a good back support.

Whether sitting or standing, grasp a barbell with an overhand grip and hold it at shoulder level ? your hands should be slightly farther apart than shoulder width. Slowly press the barbell upwards until your arms are ?locked out? (that is to say, as far up as they can go without straining). Lower the barbell back to shoulder level slowly and repeat.

Dumbbell Press-Seated:

A lot like the Military Press, this exercise is done with dumbbells. The front and side deltiods are the target for this press so consider mixing it up with the other presses.

This exercise uses less weight than you would normally use. It also has the extra benefit of working on your sense of balance.

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 just a few of the many presses you can do for building bigger shoulders, but this will hopefully give you enough of a taste to seek out some other press exercises (of course, I?ll cover more in my articles at some point). Keep working those shoulders and I?ll see all of you at the gym!

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