How to Get Defined Shoulders With Two Exercises

Everyone wants to get rid of sloping shoulders and weak, flabby looking biceps and triceps. To make the rest of your arm flab less noticeable, the following two exercises will accomplish this task by making your shoulders more round and defined and by making the muscles fuller and bigger.

Things You'll Need

  • Dumbbells
  • Bench or body ball
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Instructions

  1. Master the Military Shoulder Press.

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      Sit on a body ball or along one side of a bench, and keep both feet on the floor for support. Keep the abs contracted and your back straight.

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      Hold the dumbbells and raise them to ear level, palms facing the front of the room. Point elbows out to the sides and the upper arms parallel to the floor.

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      Exhale and raise the weights up and in so that the heads of the dumbbells barely touch each other at the top. Hold for a split second.

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      Inhale and lower dumbbells to ear level, slowly. Keep the arms bent at the elbows, and upper arms at shoulder height.

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      Repeat a complete set according to your workout regimen to get defined shoulder muscles.

    Perfect the Lateral Shoulder Raise.

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      Stand up with your feet spread, about shoulder-width apart. Take one dumbbell in each hand with your arms at your sides and your palms facing inward.

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      Lift the dumbbells out to the sides with arms straight, until they are at the same level as your shoulders. Hold briefly, then lower the weights slowly back to the sides of the body, keeping arms straight.

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      Repeat a complete set according to your workout regimen to get defined shoulder muscles.