Shoulder Dumbbell Workout - Get More Results in Less Time With These Exercises and Workouts
Posted: Thursday, October 01, 2009
by Nia Shanks
http://homeworkoutsecrets.com
Let me share a very powerful secret with you: using dumbbell isolation exercises is not the best way to sculpt your shoulders in the least amount of time.
If you want to sculpt your shoulders, then you need to structure your shoulder dumbbell workout properly to get more results in less time.
Whenever people workout their shoulders, they generally use these exercises: dumbbell lateral raises, front raises, bent over lateral raises, and seated dumbbell overhead presses.
Here is a brief list of the best dumbbell shoulder exercises:
Note: the abbreviation "DB" means dumbbell
-Standing DB Overhead Press
-DB Push Press
-DB Snatch
-DB Clean and Press
-DB Floor Press
-DB Bench Press
Those dumbbell exercises are far more effective than the typical isolation exercises most people use. The reason is because they allow you to use a lot of weight. Using a lot of weight with an exercise will cause you to recruit most of your muscle fibers in your shoulders. This is the ultimate way to get more results in less time.
Compare a dumbbell lateral raise to a dumbbell push press. Most people use 10 pound dumbbells for lateral raises, but you could easily double, triple, if not quadruple the amount of weight you can use for a push press. Which one do you think will recruit the greatest amount of muscle? The push press, no question.
Along with training your shoulders to a higher degree, the push press will also jack up your fat burning metabolism because you are not only using your shoulders, but numerous other muscles as well, which is something lateral raises will never do.
Along with using the best dumbbell exercises (like the ones listed above), you should also train in different repetition ranges.
Some days you should train with heavy weights for few repetitions, and on other days you should train with lighter weights for higher repetitions.
Shoulder Dumbbell Workout 1
-1 Arm DB Push Press
-1 Arm DB Snatch
You should perform five repetitions for five sets with each exercise (5 x 5). This will allow you to use a heavy weight and provide a great training effect for building lean muscle and sculpting your shoulders.
Shoulder Dumbbell Workout 2
-Standing DB Overhead Press
-1 Arm DB Floor Press
Perform 10 to 15 repetitions for each exercise for a total of three to four sets each. Using a lighter weight for higher repetitions will target different muscle fibers than lifting heavy weight for lower repetitions.
Both repetition ranges are very beneficial, therefore you should use them both.
Just remember: big, compound exercises like the ones listed above are far more effective than any shoulder isolation exercise. Spend your time on those exercises, and you will definitely get the results you want in far less time than with isolation exercises.
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