Shoulder Workout Routine for Bigger Gains

There’s a lot on those shoulders – without strong shoulders, you cannot imagine good biceps, triceps or chiseled chest. This article enlists some of the very effective workouts for your shoulders. Don’t miss them out in your routine!

 While building muscles many people forget about the shoulder and only focus on chest, but well-built shoulders can give you an appearance of slimmer waist and gives your whole body a more macho and desired look. You also need to work on your shoulder because without strong shoulders you will not be able to do other exercises that targets chest and back. All said and done, let's see some amazing exercises for shoulders that will give you a stronger and more impactful structure to your body.

 Before going about these exercises, make sure to warm-up your muscles properly. A few shoulder stretches and rotations, followed up with a few mobility exercises can do these jobs. It is imperative to connect your mind to your muscle before starting up a routine.

 Overhead press: Place the dumbbells in front of your shoulder while holding it in your hands. Stand tall, place bar directly over your head with the help of your core and the lower back, bring your hands down slowly and this completes one rep. You can do 3 sets of 12 reps each with the rest of 10 seconds between them.

 Push press: Place the barbell in front of your shoulder by holding it in your hands. You need to give the Push and move the bar over your head then lower it slowly. You can do 3 sets of 12 reps each with the rest of 10 seconds between them.

 Barbell shrug: Place the bars on thigh high level keeping your arms straight up so that your shoulders and your ears are aligned, hold this position for few seconds then lower it back. Do it in 3 sets of 12 reps with the rest of 20 seconds between them.

 Seated Arnold press: Sit on a chair holding a dumbbell in each of your hand with the palms facing you, push them over your head and rotate your hand, repeat as you do the motion bring your hands back slowly to the starting position. You can do three sets of 12 reps each with 10-second rest.

Seated lateral raise: Same as the exercise before sit on a seat, take the dumbbells in your hand, lean forward slightly, raise a dumbbells to your shoulder height, pause at the top for 5 seconds and then slowly lower them back again. Do this exercise in 3 sets of 12 reps each with the 10-second rest in between.

Bent over reverse fly: Stand straight with the dumbbells in your hand, bend forward with your shoulders in the front, raise the weights to the shoulder height, pause and then lower them back again. Do this in 3 sets with 12 reps each with 10 second break in between

These exercises are simple and very effective for your shoulder. All you need is a set of dumbbells and you are all set. If you persistently do these exercises, you will see the desired results over time.