3 Shoulder Workouts - How to keep your boulders this summer!
Let's hit those shoulders! Here are 3 workouts in which you can use a variety of equipment for home and gym workouts. You can easily adapt the weight and resistance to what you have at hand. You can also do this with no weights - low impact workouts.
Grab your dumbbells, kettlebells, resistance bands, tins or water bottles & try these killer upper body /shoulder workouts!
Before all workouts make sure you warm-up, loosen your muscles and get the blood flowing.
Warm-Up
- 10 Minutes cardio - skipping, walking, running, star jumps
- 5 Minutes shoulder mobility - stretching your shoulders, circulating them, resistance bands are also a great accessory to increase shoulder mobility.
Shoulder Workout #1
Reps | 20 |
Sets | 4 |
Rest | 40 |
Equipment | Dumbbells (alternate to your own equipment) |
- Shoulder flys
- Squat Press
- Row-to-Pushup Complex
- Shoulder External Rotation
- Burpee Squat Press
Finisher
Finish with 50 press-ups (any style press-up and in your own time)
Shoulder Workout #2
Reps | 15-20 |
Sets | 4 |
Rest | 60 seconds |
Equipment | Barbell (alternate with your equipment) |
Superset 1
- Military Press
- Lateral Raises
Tri-Set 2
- Arnie Press
- Front Raises
- Shrugs
Tri-Set 3
- Upright Rows
- Bent-Over Rear delt raise
Finisher
- Battle Ropes 10 Seconds (throwing a pillow to the floor is a great alternative)
- Farmer Walk 20 Seconds
Shoulder Workout #3
Reps | 10-15 |
Sets | 5 |
Rest | 30-60 seconds |
Equipment |
Resistance bands |
You'll be surprised at how many shoulder exercises you can do with a resistance band/loop bands. Try this workout using our resistance bands.
- 30cm loop band - Row with external rotation
- 30cm loop band - Pass-through stretch
- 25cm loop band - Internal rotation
- 25cm loop band - External rotation
- 1m resistance band - Overhead pull-downs
- 1m resistance band - Horizontal rear delt flyes
- 1m resistance band - Band Y-flys
- 1m resistance band - Upward Row
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