Exercises for the Shoulder
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:
Sitting or standing, this exercise can be done either way. For beginner's, I recommend sitting on a bench with a 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.
Dumbbell Seated 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 uses less weight than you would normally use. It also has the extra benefit of working on your sense of balance.
While sitting on a bench, take a dumbbell in either hand. Hold the dumbbells at shoulder height, palms facing outward. Press both dumbbells up slowly until your arms are locked out. Slowly return the dumbbells to shoulder height and 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!
