How to Work Your Shoulders

Hi, I'm Chris Freytag. And today, we're going to talk about your shoulders. Probably don't think they're very complicated, but actually they are. Shoulders are a ball and socket joint. They fully circumduct. So you have to treat them carefully. They're different than all of your hinging joints. Let's talk about the three heads of the shoulder. You have your front shoulder, anterior deltoid, your medial deltoid, the top shoulder muscle, and your rear deltoid, the back of your shoulder. I'll show you three exercises to do properly. Starting with your anterior deltoid, front shoulder, go ahead and grab a set of weights. Maybe not too heavy for the front shoulder. And we're just going to lift up long lever and then lower back down. Make sure you breathe whenever you perform strength training exercises. This is going to get that little flap of skin that hangs over your tank top, tighten up that front shoulder. We're going to move to the medial deltoid, top of the shoulder. I'm going to go a little heavier with my top shoulder. Take a little heavier weights if you can. Slightly bend your knees. Keep your abs tight, and don't arch your back. And then press them all the way up overhead without scrunching your shoulders towards your ears. All the way down. Press them up, and again, breathe for each exercise. Now the back of the shoulder, the part of the shoulder that we probably strength train the least, this back muscle right here. Grab a lighter set of weights for the rear deltoid, back of the shoulder. And you're going to slightly hinge over from your hips, abdominals nice and tight. And you're going to open those arms just like you're flapping your wings. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and back down. Inhale and exhale, and try to complete about 15 of each exercise. And you are going to love your sculpted sexy shoulders.