Category Archives: Shoulders

PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To train front and side deltoids. Doing Presses on a machine helps you do the movements very strictly, and allows you to avoid cleaning a weight if you have some sortof physical problem. Also, you can letthe weight come down much lower,which gives you extra stretch in yourfront delts. There are any […]

PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To train the front and side deltoids and build total body density and power. Cleaning a weight is a method of lifting a barbell from the floor to the starting position of the Military Press. The Clean and Press is an important exercise that starts off with a lot of leg movement […]

PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To train the front and side deltoids. This is the granddaddy of shoulder exercises. When done from a seated position the movement will be stricter than when standing. EXECUTION: (1) From a sitting or standing position, grasp a barbell with an overhand grip and hold it at shoulder level, palms underneath for […]

BEHIND-THE-NECK PRESSES PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To train the front and side deltoids. Any pressing movement involves the triceps as well. EXECUTION: You can do these PresseS standing, but I prefer doing them sitting, since it makes the movement stricter. (1) Either lift the barbell overhead and set it down on your shoulders behind your head […]

BEHIND-THE-NECK PRESSES PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To train the front and side deltoids. Any pressing movement involves the triceps as well. EXECUTION: You can do these Presses standing, but I prefer doing them sitting, since it makes the movement stricter. (1) Either lift the barbell overhead and set it down on your shoulders behind your head […]

PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To develop the front and side heads of the deltoids. This is the very best deltoid exercise I know, and I always include it in my shoulder routine. By using dumbbells in this manner—lowering them well down in front—you get a tremendous range of motion. EXECUTION: (1) In a standing position, elbows […]

There are two basic kinds of exercises for the shoulders—Straight Arm Raises and Presses. Raises involve lifting your extended arm upward in a wide arc, which better isolates the heads. You need to do Raises to the front, to the side, and to the rear. When you do Raises, you do not involve the triceps, […]

The deltoid is a large, three-headed, thick, triangular muscle which originates from the clavicle and the scapula at the rear of the shoulder and extends down to its insertion in the upper arm. BASIC FUNCTION: To rotate and lift the arm. The anterior deltoid lifts the arm to the front; the medial deltoid lifts the […]