Shape and strengthen your shoulders with these 6 simple exercises

ActiveWorkoutsShape and strengthen your shoulders with these 6 simple exercisesStronger shoulders can actually improve your back and chest exercises tooWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

Stronger shoulders can actually improve your back and chest exercises too

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Shoulders can often get put to the bottom of the pile when it comes to upper body workouts, but they shouldn’t. Not only are they easy to train, but they help with strength in other areas of the upper body too, such as the chest and back. If you’ve been neglecting them, then these six simple exercises will strengthen them in no time, all you need is apair of dumbbells.

According to theAmerican Sports and Fitness Associationthe shoulders are one of the most important muscle groups in the upper body “responsible for a wide range of movements from pushing and pulling to lifting and carrying”. As well as this, they can also help improve your posture, which can reduce the likelihood of neck and back pain.

If you don’t have a pair of dumbbells for this workout, you can always usetwo kettlebellsor grab two big bottles of water (keg water bottles make decent dumbbells and we have a great one in ourgym water bottle guide). You’ll be doing 10 to 12 reps of each exercise and you want to do three rounds in total. Here’s your workout:

This workout should roughly take you 20 minutes, but if you need something a little more speedy then we’ve got this15 minute shoulder workout. We’ve even got afloor shoulder workout— yep, it’s all done completely on an exercise/yoga mat, just incase you fancy something that’s a little lower impact, you’re welcome!

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