post up your favorite shoulder exercises

[figurechamp]

I don't know what these are called, other than "dynamic" something or other, but... I put two full size barbells on the floor, parallel to one another and with the ends butted up against the wall. I stand at the other end of them, facing them, and alternately lift them above my head. Varying the angle that u stand at them will change what part of ur shoulder ul hit. I'll do a set of 50 or so, depending on the weight I put on it. Ul need someone to help u lift them up off the ground and put them back down unless ur really flexible and well balanced.

 

[Rebecca D]

I use this as a quick hitter for shoulders if I only have 15-20 minutes to get a quick workout in.

After a warmup of 5 minutes on the treadmill and light shoulder exercises I do the following giant set:

5 reps of dumbbell presses--35lb dumbbells
10 reps of front raises--25lb plate
20 reps of lateral raises--8lb dumbbells
Run 2 minutes

Repeat this 3 times and it won't take more than 20 minutes.

Rebecca D

 

[shirlene29]

^^ this is very similar to what I'm doing now...Im gonna experiment with all of these a little
I forgot all about arnold presses

anyone else has anything to add keep it coming

 

[Jen10]

excellent answers so far

I gotta do something....I have a weird nerve impingement in my left shoulder so that'll take some extra love

the physical therapist had me doin DB "swimmers" and they really brought to my attention that while my shoulders are pretty large...they're incredibly weak

I have a nerve impingement in my left shoulder too from softball and dislocations, etc. I stretch in between each set when I work my shoulders or else I can't lift my arm for 1-2 days after....or sleep like now. Lol....this is going to sound odd but after I work shoulders that night I lay flat on the floor on a tennis ball where the impingement is and the pain is so much less the next day. Don't know why but its always worked.

 

[shirlene29]

yeah...I can see how it would work but mines a neck disc problem that just happens to go through the left arm and now jaw because a disc higher up is screwed up..

I do use tennis balls for my scapula though and it works rather nicely

 

[LindaWatson]

Seated dumbbell Arnold is one of the best shoulder exercises.