Posted ByFrankShoulder Exercises #1 – Behind The Head Military Presses
success depends on selecting the best exercises that will provide the greatest stimulus response in the muscles. Nothing works better for generating muscle stimuli than heavy mass building “basic” movements. So order Testoprime before you start with these shoulder exercises listed below will give you the best chance for your shoulders to grow.
Begin these shoulder exercises with the behind the head military presses. Since this movement is dangerous when done incorrectly, make sure you start out with lightweight and focus on good form.
Once you learn how to do this movement correctly, it will be the best overall mass-building exercise for your shoulders. However, no matter how well you perform this exercise, always start with a few warm-up reps to loosen the muscles.
Pyramid Technique For The Behind The Head Military Press – 12, 10, 8, 6 Reps (increasing weights as reps decrease)
Shoulder Exercises #2 – Seated Dumbbell Presses
After the military press, the next exercise will be the seated dumbbell press. This exercise will engage the stabilizer muscles in the shoulder. It is always important to perform your mass-building exercises before starting your isolation exercises.
Basic Technique For The Seated Dumbbell Press – 3 Sets of 10 Reps
Shoulder Exercises #3 – Side Laterals & Front Raises (Superset)
You can perform this shoulder exercise superset either standing or seated. If you opt for standing, you will be able to lift heavier weight. If seated, focus more on form and feeling the muscle work.
A good tip to help engage the shoulder muscles on both of these shoulder exercises is to make sure the pinky is slightly higher than your thumb on the lifts.
Superset Technique For The Side Laterals & Front Raise – 3 Supersets Of 10 Reps
Shoulder Exercises #4 – Rear Delt Dumbbell Raises & Rear Cable Laterals (Superset)
To finish up this intense basic shoulder routine with a superset rear delts exercise. The first part of this rear delt superset is a lying rear delt dumbbell lateral raise. Perform this exercise on an incline bench with your face facing into the bench and begin raising the dumbbells.
Since the rear delts are very small muscle, it will not take a lot of weight to stimulate the muscle. Make sure you feel the rear delt being engage with every rep, even if that means you lower the amount of weight and squeeze the muscle at the top. This will go a long way in building big round shoulders.
Superset this exercise with a low cable pulley exercise. Again, go lightweight and squeeze the muscle at the top.
