| Looking to incorporate some great shoulder | | | | If you insist on performing the barbell version, just avoid |
| strengthening exercises into your workout routine? Of | | | | lowering the bar behind your head. I know that you see |
| course you are! I mean, what guy doesn't want a set | | | | a lot of people performing it that way but doing so |
| of strong, well developed shoulders? Well, there's a | | | | actually puts your shoulder joint in a vulnerable position |
| few exercises that are great for shoulder | | | | and the last thing you want is to sustain an injury - |
| development. Here they are... | | | | especially an injury that's so preventable. |
| Shoulder Strengthening Exercises | | | | Chest Presses & Rows: There's really no need to |
| Overhead Press: The overhead press exercise can | | | | perform isolation exercises for the front and rear |
| be performed with either dumbbells, a barbell or even | | | | deltoids for a couple reasons. The first being the fact |
| a smith machine - although I recommend the dumbbell | | | | that isolation exercises aren't the best choices for |
| version. What makes the dumbbell version more | | | | overall strengthening since compound (multi-joint) |
| effective than the others is the fact that there's an | | | | movements are a better option and the second |
| increased need for stabilization. | | | | reason is because they're recruited and strengthened |
| Now, in terms of pure shoulder strength, you'll be able | | | | indirectly with chest and back exercises. |
| to lift a heavier load while you're seated on an upright | | | | With any chest press motion, you're recruiting and |
| bench with some back support. That being said, I | | | | strengthening the front of the shoulders (anterior |
| actually prefer performing the movement while | | | | deltoid) and with any rowing motion for the upper back, |
| standing since there's an increase need for core | | | | you're recruiting and strengthening the back of the |
| stability and thus, the movement is actually more | | | | shoulders (posterior deltoid). |
| functional. | | | | |