01/6Try these exercises for building your shoulders at home
Men love wide and well-chiselled shoulders and women love their shoulder nicely toned. It is not because they make you look stronger, but because it also enhances your upper body appearance. Having strong and trained shoulders can help you perform everyday tasks such as lifting heavy objects or playing sports with ease. Moreover, it reduces the likelihood of getting injured. For most people training shoulder muscles means lifting heavyweight, but it is not completely true. You can work on your shoulder muscles even by using simple things at home.
02/6The right way to train your shoulders
Our shoulder muscles are composed of three different muscle groups. The front delt, rear delt, side delt. All the muscles together give a nice sculpted structure to our shoulders. So it is important to train all these muscles. Being located in different positions, you need to perform different exercises for each muscle group. Malaysian fitness trainer, Jordan Yeoh shared some simple exercises with us that one can perform at home to get nice sculpted shoulders.
03/6Pike push-ups
The first set of muscles is the front delt, which can be targeted by performing any exercises that involve pushing like pike push-ups and handstand push-ups.
Step 1: Take a chair and come to push-up pose by placing your feet on the chair and hands on the ground.
Step 2: Your hands should be shoulder-width apart and completely stretched. Push your hips higher.
Step 3: Now lower yourself down and then perform push-ups. Repeat the same for 10-15 times in 4 sets.
If you are a beginner or find it difficult to perform this exercise, then you can remove the chair and perform pike push-ups on the ground as well. Just come to the push-ups position, take your hips higher and then start doing push-ups.
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01/6Try these exercises for building your shoulders at home
Men love wide and well-chiselled shoulders and women love their shoulder nicely toned. It is not because they make you look stronger, but because it also enhances your upper body appearance. Having strong and trained shoulders can help you perform everyday tasks such as lifting heavy objects or playing sports with ease. Moreover, it reduces the likelihood of getting injured. For most people training shoulder muscles means lifting heavyweight, but it is not completely true. You can work on your shoulder muscles even by using simple things at home.
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02/6The right way to train your shoulders
Our shoulder muscles are composed of three different muscle groups. The front delt, rear delt, side delt. All the muscles together give a nice sculpted structure to our shoulders. So it is important to train all these muscles. Being located in different positions, you need to perform different exercises for each muscle group. Malaysian fitness trainer, Jordan Yeoh shared some simple exercises with us that one can perform at home to get nice sculpted shoulders.
03/6Pike push-ups
The first set of muscles is the front delt, which can be targeted by performing any exercises that involve pushing like pike push-ups and handstand push-ups.
Step 1: Take a chair and come to push-up pose by placing your feet on the chair and hands on the ground.
Step 2: Your hands should be shoulder-width apart and completely stretched. Push your hips higher.
Step 3: Now lower yourself down and then perform push-ups. Repeat the same for 10-15 times in 4 sets.
If you are a beginner or find it difficult to perform this exercise, then you can remove the chair and perform pike push-ups on the ground as well. Just come to the push-ups position, take your hips higher and then start doing push-ups.
04/6Hand-stand push-ups
This workout is a little complex and is only recommended for the advanced trainers. Its complexity depends on your body weight. If you are heavy, you will find it more challenging to perform this exercise.
Step 1: Place your hand on the ground, close to a wall. Keep them shoulder-width apart.
Step 2: Bring your head in contact with the wall and then kick up your legs to come to the headstand position.
Step 3: Now push your arms down and then take it up like you do while performing push-ups.
05/6Lateral raise
This exercise targets your side delt and gives a nice cut to your shoulder from the side and the back. Any exercise that is related to raises, especially with side raises will train this muscle.
Step 1: Stand on the ground with your feet close to each other. Keep your body neutral and hold a gallon of a water bottle in your left hand.
Step 2: Now lift your left hand to bring it to your shoulder level with your palms facing downwards. You can bend your elbows and keep your forearms tight to do this exercise more comfortably.
Step 3: Pause and then go back to the starting position. Repeat the same 15-20 times and then change your hands.
In place of a water bottle, you can also use a towel. Hold the ends of a towel with both your hands (a little stretched). Then lift your left hand while keeping your right hand static.
06/6Bending over and raise
Any exercises that involve bending and raising your hand sideways can target your rear delt muscle. You can either perform it with a gallon of water or a towel.
Step 1: Stand straight on the ground and hinge your hips.
Step 2: Take a gallon of a water bottle in your left hand and raise it sideways.
Step 3: Take it up to your shoulder level and then bring it down to the normal position. Repeat this 15-20 times and then change your hand.
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