Shoulder strengthening exercises which isolate the anterior, medial and posterior deltoids are included because the goal of the best shoulder workout is to build the shoulders completely.
This workout is best for muscle building because there will be a large training volume on a single muscle group.
A Key factor in building delts is the understanding of shoulder joint in brief and how the muscles act to bring this awesome shoulder girdle { joint } to move, making it the most versatile joint in the human body.
A main stay exercise is the shoulder press. This pressing movement primarily works the side and front deltoids. Using a machine, a barbell or dumbells, can perform the shoulder press. I personally prefer to use dumbells because there is less restriction and most importantly the muscles move in their natural plane. When pressing the weight, try not to lock your elbows. Locking the elbows will reduce the resistance on your shoulder muscles and place unwanted stress on the elbow joint.
A forgotten exercise is the front raise. The reason being is that you are not going to turn heads while doing the movement. You can use a variety of methods to burn the front delts. My two favorites are alternating dumbells and the low cable pulley with a short bar. It can also be executed while holding a plate like a car steering wheel. The key for this exercise is to keep a slight flexion at the elbow while lifting the weight just above shoulder level.
Do the following sequence of exercises non-stop for ten reps each:
- Lateral Raises - 10 (palms down)
- Lateral Raises - 10 (thumbs up)
- Lateral Raises - 10 (thumbs down)
- Front Raises - 10 (thumbs up)
- Cross overs - 10 (palms facing away from you)
- Military press - 10 (see pics below)
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