Best Exercises & Workouts for your Shoulders

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Build Your Upper Body More Efficiently With a Pull Day Workout

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; September 17, 2024

Looking for a better, more systematic approach to strength training? Consider the pull day workout and its counterpart, the push day workout. Dividing your workouts...

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Do Your Front Delts Need Extra Training? Here’s What to Know

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; June 13, 2024

Should I train front delts? is right up there with Do you even lift? as the most-asked question among gym veterans. So, do you really...

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8 Side Delt Exercises to Shape Your Shoulders

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; May 20, 2024

If you want improve the look of your upper body in a hurry, there are probably no movements more important to perform than side delt...

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Master the Cable Rear Delt Fly for Shredded Shoulders

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; August 1, 2024

Want better posture, more strength in pressing movements, more mobile shoulders, and a more impressive-looking upper body — from all angles? There’s a single move...

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5 Rotator Cuff Exercises for Better Strength and Mobility

By Lauren Bedosky; April 29, 2024

When shoulder pain and injury in sports and everyday life is discussed, you often hear the term “rotator cuff.” This group of muscles and connective...

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Learn the Turkish Get-Up: The Fullest-Body Exercise

By K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S.; December 10, 2024

The Turkish get-up (or TGU) may very well be the consummate functional, total-body exercise. After all, it leaves roughly zero muscles untouched, hits every plane...

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Push-Ups Getting Stale? Try These 17 Variations

By Lauren Bedosky; November 3, 2023

If you want to hit loads of muscles in a single rep, you can’t do much better than a standard push-up. But the base move...

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Landmine Press: The Best Shoulder Press You Aren’t Doing

By K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S.; August 2, 2024

Vertical pressing exercises (meaning, you press weight overhead) can be power players in an upper-body workout. But the problem is that very few people actually...

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Why Is Your Shoulder Popping, Clicking, or Cracking?

By Carrie Anton; October 19, 2022

Snap, crackle, pop is something you want to hear from your breakfast, not your shoulders. But joints can be fickle, none less than the shoulders,...

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12 of the Best Rear Delt Exercises to Build Your Shoulders

By Lauren Bedosky; August 7, 2024

Anatomy | Benefits | Exercises Broad, well-defined shoulders are the mark of a commanding physique — but building this muscle group requires more than a...

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Everything You Need to Know About Medicine Balls

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; March 9, 2023

If you’re new to working out or have historically stuck to cardio or using dumbbells, you may have wondered, “What is a medicine ball, exactly?”...

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How to Throw a Punch

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; March 22, 2023

Knowing how to throw a punch is one of those necessary life skills you hope you never need to use in an everyday situation. (We...

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9 Exercises for Your Best Upper Body Workout

By K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S.; May 1, 2023

Push-ups are hard. Pull-ups are even harder — especially if you don’t have access to a pull-up bar — so it can be discouraging when...

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How to Exercise If You Have a Shoulder Injury

By Linnea Zielinski; August 2, 2024

Life happens, and so do injuries, but that doesn’t mean you should have to sideline your workouts entirely. You’ve probably powered through workouts with the...

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The 10 Rounds Glossary

By Lili Ladaga; March 22, 2023

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to box — or just learn how to throw a punch — get ready to duke it out...

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How to Do a Dumbbell Upright Row

By Lauren Bedosky and Jordan Burchette; July 20, 2022

When it comes to building strong, shapely shoulders, exercises like presses and raises get most of the attention. But if you want to maximize strength...

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What Is Shoulder Flexion?

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; July 25, 2024

Spend 5 minutes on the dance floor at a wedding, and you can’t help but notice that the shoulder is one of the most mobile parts of...

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Shoulder Muscles: How to Improve Function and Avoid Pain

By Janet Lee and Jordan Burchette; August 2, 2024

Broad, defined shoulder muscles are like a billboard declaring, “I WORK OUT! But if you don’t take care of this complicated joint, that little sign...