Good Dumbbell Shoulder Exercises

While dumbbell shoulder exercises can help maintain strength, they can also be very beneficial in making your shoulders stronger. If you think about it, every single thing that you do with your upper body involves your shoulders. If they were stronger, then everything would become a little bit easier. Because your shoulders are involved in so many things it is vital that they aren’t too weak. When your shoulders are very weak it can lead to other parts of your body taking on the work of your shoulders, eventually injuring those other parts of your body. For example, when your shoulders aren’t as strong, your arms, chest, and back take on the majority of the work and this can be a lot of unnecessary stress for them. Finally, strengthening your shoulders can help you avoid potential injuries. Below are some of the best dumbbell should exercises for you:
Seated Shoulder Press (Military Press)
For this exercise you need to be sitting straight up either on a bench or chair. Be holding a dumbbell in each hand and put them one on each shoulder with your palms facing out. Then just raise the dumbbells until your arms are fully extended, pause, and bring them back to the starting position
Lateral Raises
You can either be sitting or standing for this, but make sure your back is straight. Hold the dumbbells in each hand down at your side. Then raise them out to your side at chest height, essentially making a “T”, pause, and then slowly bring them back down to the starting position.
Front Raises
Be standing up straight with dumbbells in each hand down at your side with your palms facing you. Slowly raise the dumbbells out in front of you so that your arms are directly in front of your chest, pause, and then bring them back down to the starting position.
For all dumbbell shoulder exercises make sure that you go slowly, and don’t do too much weight. These can be for either maintaining or gaining strength, are very easy to do, and give great results.