Top Shoulder Excercises/Workouts

Now as we all wanted to have a V taper look as it looks amazing. 

But the thing is what gave us that v taper look... Its your shoulder and your waist. The wider your shoulders are, the better you look. And  your narrow waist also plays important role in your v taper look but here we are going to discuss some best shoulder workouts/exercises.

But first of all lets discuss about the muscle anatomy of shoulder and after that we discuss about the workouts.

SHOULDER MUSCLE ANATOMY 

As you can see above your shoulder is divided into three part.

1. Anterior Deltoid

2. Posterior Deltoid

3. Lateral Head

So if you want to have big boulder shoulders you have to work on all the above three parts of your shoulders. So lets talk about the best exercises and workouts to hit your all the parts of your shoulder.

Top 3 shoulder workouts/exercises

As we talked about anatomy of shoulder muscle and how you can get big shoulders, Here are 3 best exercises/workouts for shoulders to hit all the parts of your shoulder...

1. Barbell Overhead Press:

One of the most effective and popular exercise of shoulder is barbell overhead press. This exercise hits your anterior deltoid (front part of your shoulder) amazingly. It is a good compound movement to help you build muscles.

The proper form of doing this exercise is to lift the bar with your hands and push it over your head and get it back, right in front of your shoulders and push it again. Maintain a natural arc in back and engage your core during this exercise. Don't over bend your back as it may cause serious injury in your back.

2. Lateral Raises:

The most popular and again effective exercise, Lateral Raises, helps you a lot to have a wide shoulders. This exercise hits your lateral head (side part of your shoulder) and helps you to build muscle. 

You can do this exercise with dumbbells also and with cables also. All you have to do is just pick up the dumbbells, If you are doing this with dumbbells, And move it away from you in round shape and bend in your elbows a little. You have to grip dumbbell a little stronger with your last finger. Also don't forgot to retract your scapula while doing this exercise.

3. Reverse Pec Deck Fly:

The best exercise to work on your Posterior deltoid (back part of your shoulder) is reverse pec deck fly. This exercise helps you build muscle and the posterior deltoid of your shoulder.

All you have to do is just grip the handles and do the reverse fly as shown above.