Get Great Shoulders
for Tank Tops and Dresses
It’s so easy to get great shoulders! Think about it…we hardly have any fat there! The muscles pop through very easily.
To get great shoulders you gotta work a little bit. Work at toning them at least 3x a week for 3-4 weeks and you won’t be sorry.
Exercises:
You can do these at home, office, or gym. Grab anything weighted for resistance, water bottles, soup cans, etc.
SHOULDER:
Side raises
Raise arms out to the side up to shoulder height. Keep soft elbows, a tall spine, and keep your palms facing away from you.
Shoulder Press (w/squat)
Hands come to shoulders, palms facing away from you. Raise arms up to sky and back to shoulders. Add squat and raise arms while coming up from squat.
Front raises
Raise arms, with soft elbows, to the front of you up to shoulder height. Keep palms facing eachother. Perform to get great shoulders.
BACK:
Reverse flys
Keep a straight back, hinge at the hips forward to 45 degrees. Extend arms out from side to shoulder height, keeping eyes looking to floor about 5 feet in front of you.
Rows
Keep armpits closed and elbows into your side. Pull dumbbell or resistance tubing back squeezing shoulder blades together. Bring arms slowly forward back to starting position with palms facing one another.
Why is it so important to strengthen our back muscles?
Our backs, lower and upper, are so prone to pain these days and loss of range of motion due to the jobs we have and the lifestyles we live. We sit, watch TV, work/play on computer, etc. Before you know it, you’ve been sitting for 3 hours a day at the computer and a couple months of that will do nothing for your body’s health, specifically your back. We have to take responsibility and properly strengthen and stretch the back regularly to keep the vertebrae pliable and resistant from injury.