Big Shoulder Exercises!

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!

I have a couple of shoulder exercises that can help you on your way to those bigger, stronger, more defined shoulders.

Two kinds of shoulder exercises are most common; the press and the raise. I will be writing about the raise in future articles so be sure to keep checking back in. The presses are wonderful exercises for the shoulders which primarily work the triceps, but 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.

Seated Dumbbell Press:

This one is a lot like the Military Press, but is done with dumbbells instead. This press targets the front and side deltoids, unlike many press exercises ? so consider mixing it up with these presses!

Your sense of balance gets a workout here, and this one requires using less weight than you normally do.

Sitting on your bench, take a dumbbell in both hands. With palms facing outward and holding the dumbbells at shoulder height, press both dumbbells up slowly until your arms are locked out. Slowly lower the dumbbell to shoulder height and 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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