Shoulders Exercises
Develop powerful shoulders with these exercises.
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One-Arm Open Palm Kettlebell Clean
Place one kettlebell between your feet.
One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats
Clean and press a kettlebell with one arm. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulder. Rotate your wrist as you do so. Press the weight overhead by extending through the elbow.This will be your starting position.
One-Arm Side Laterals
Pick a dumbbell and place it in one of your hands. Your non lifting hand should be used to grab something steady such as an incline bench press. Lean towards your lifting arm and away from the hand that is gripping the incline bench as this will allow you to keep your balance.
Open Palm Kettlebell Clean
Place one kettlebell between your feet. Clean the kettlebell by extending through the legs and hips as you raise the kettlebell towards your shoulders.
Otis-Up
Secure your feet and lay back on the floor. Your knees should be bent. Hold a weight with both hands to your chest. This will be your starting position.
Overhead Squat
Start out by having a barbell in front of you on the floor. Your feet should be wider than shoulder width apart from each other.
Pallof Press With Rotation
Connect a standard handle to a tower, and position the cable to shoulder height.
Pin Presses
Pin presses remove the eccentric phase of the bench press, developing starting strength. They also allow you to train a desired range of motion.
Plyo Kettlebell Pushups
Place a kettlebell on the floor. Place yourself in a pushup position, on your toes with one hand on the ground and one hand holding the kettlebell, with your elbows extended. This will be your starting position.
Plyo Push-up
Move into a prone position on the floor, supporting your weight on your hands and toes.
Power Clean
Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart and toes pointing out slightly.
Power Jerk
Standing with the weight racked on the front of the shoulders, begin with the dip. With your feet directly under your hips, flex the knees without moving the hips backward. Go down only slightly, and reverse direction as powerfully as possible.
Power Partials
Stand up with your torso upright and a dumbbell on each hand being held at arms length. The elbows should be close to the torso.
Power Snatch
Begin with a loaded barbell on the floor. The bar should be close to or touching the shins, and a wide grip should be taken on the bar. The feet should be directly below the hips, with the feet turned out as needed. Lower the hips, with the chest up and the head looking forward. The shoulders should be just in front of the bar. This will be the starting position.
Power Snatch from Blocks
Begin with a loaded barbell on boxes or stands of the desired height. A wide grip should be taken on the bar. The feet should be directly below the hips, with the feet turned out as needed. Lower the hips, with the chest up and the head looking forward. The shoulders should be just in front of the bar, with the elbows pointed out. This will be the starting position.
Power Stairs
In the power stairs, implements are moved up a staircase. For training purposes, these can be performed with a tire or box.
Press Sit-Up
To begin, lie down on a bench with a barbell resting on your chest. Position your legs so they are secure on the extension of the abdominal bench. This is the starting position.
Prowler Sprint
Place your sled on an appropriate surface, loaded to a suitable weight. The sled should provide enough resistance to require effort, but not so heavy that you are significantly slowed down.
Push Press
Push Press targeting Shoulders.
Push Press - Behind the Neck
Standing with the weight racked on the back of the shoulders, begin with the dip. With your feet directly under your hips, flex the knees without moving the hips backward. Go down only slightly, and reverse direction as powerfully as possible. Drive through the heels create as much speed and force as possible, moving the bar in a vertical path.
Push-Up
Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart while holding your torso up at arms length.
Pushups (Close and Wide Hand Positions)
Lie on the floor face down and body straight with your toes on the floor and the hands wider than shoulder width for a wide hand position and closer than shoulder width for a close hand position. Make sure you are holding your torso up at arms length.
Push-Ups - Close Triceps Position
Lie on the floor face down and place your hands closer than shoulder width for a close hand position. Make sure that you are holding your torso up at arms' length.
Push-Ups With Feet Elevated
Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart from each other holding your torso up at arms length.
Push-Ups With Feet On An Exercise Ball
Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart from each other holding your torso up at arms length.
Push Up to Side Plank
Get into pushup position on the toes with your hands just outside of shoulder width.
Push-Up Wide
With your hands wide apart, support your body on your toes and hands in a plank position. Your elbows should be extended and your body straight. Do not allow your hips to sag. This will be your starting position.
Pyramid
Start off by rolling your torso forward onto the ball so your hips rest on top of the ball and become the highest point of your body.
Rack Delivery
This drill teaches the delivery of the barbell to the rack position on the shoulders. Begin holding a bar in the scarecrow position, with the upper arms parallel to the floor, and the forearms hanging down. Use a hook grip, with your fingers wrapped over your thumbs.
Return Push from Stance
You will need a partner for this drill.
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