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).
I have a couple of shoulder exercises that can help you on your way to those 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.
Sitting or Standng 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.
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! 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 presses that can build those stronger, bigger, and more defined shoulders.
Keep coming back as I will be adding more press exercises in the future.
See you at the gym.
Until then, keep working those shoulders!