How to Build Wide Shoulders - Why the Press is Best
I know a lot of people do not like the overhead press regardless if it is done with a barbell or dumbbells-and this is a shame.
The reasons for this are numerous; one being that it is bad for your lower back.
Nothing could be further from the truth, provided you do the exercise correctly.
In this article I am going tell you why I feel the overhead press is best exercise for building massive shoulders.
INJURY PREVENTION Regardless of your sport, if you are injured you cannot be out there competing in your chosen sport-or if you can still compete you will not be at your best.
And presses help prevent shoulder injuries by keeping the muscles of the rotator cuff strong.
Some of you might be thinking, how bad can a shoulder injury be-trust me you will not be training very hard if you have a shoulder injury.
TOTAL SHOULDER DEVELOPMENT Contrary to popular believe the overhead press works all three heads of the shoulders, the front, side and rear.
Which is great because even though the side head is the part of the shoulder that gets talked about the most-because adding size to the side head helps gives you more width-in order to truly have impressive shoulders all three heads need to be developed Another point I want to bring up is that some people feel you need to do your presses behind-the-neck to work your rear delts.
Bad idea.
Behind-the-neck presses are bad for your rotator cuffs-so stick to doing your presses with the barbell in front-your shoulders will thank you.
OTHER MUSCLES WORKED Of course, the overhead press works the shoulders completely from front to back and side-to-side, and it does a great job of keeping the rotator cuffs healthy, but it also works the triceps.
And something most people do not realize is that the overhead press works the middle back as well.
As you can see you get a lot for your efforts when you do the overhead press.
A POINT The overhead press can be done with either a barbell or dumbbells and to be honest I favor dumbbells, but switching between the two every other workout is a great way to not only alleviate boredom, but to keep your muscles guessing as well.
CONCLUSION The overhead press is a fantastic exercise, one that will help you build super wide shoulders along with adding some meat to your triceps and upper back.
Sounds good to me.
So what are you waiting for? Get pressing.
STAY FOCUSED
The reasons for this are numerous; one being that it is bad for your lower back.
Nothing could be further from the truth, provided you do the exercise correctly.
In this article I am going tell you why I feel the overhead press is best exercise for building massive shoulders.
INJURY PREVENTION Regardless of your sport, if you are injured you cannot be out there competing in your chosen sport-or if you can still compete you will not be at your best.
And presses help prevent shoulder injuries by keeping the muscles of the rotator cuff strong.
Some of you might be thinking, how bad can a shoulder injury be-trust me you will not be training very hard if you have a shoulder injury.
TOTAL SHOULDER DEVELOPMENT Contrary to popular believe the overhead press works all three heads of the shoulders, the front, side and rear.
Which is great because even though the side head is the part of the shoulder that gets talked about the most-because adding size to the side head helps gives you more width-in order to truly have impressive shoulders all three heads need to be developed Another point I want to bring up is that some people feel you need to do your presses behind-the-neck to work your rear delts.
Bad idea.
Behind-the-neck presses are bad for your rotator cuffs-so stick to doing your presses with the barbell in front-your shoulders will thank you.
OTHER MUSCLES WORKED Of course, the overhead press works the shoulders completely from front to back and side-to-side, and it does a great job of keeping the rotator cuffs healthy, but it also works the triceps.
And something most people do not realize is that the overhead press works the middle back as well.
As you can see you get a lot for your efforts when you do the overhead press.
A POINT The overhead press can be done with either a barbell or dumbbells and to be honest I favor dumbbells, but switching between the two every other workout is a great way to not only alleviate boredom, but to keep your muscles guessing as well.
CONCLUSION The overhead press is a fantastic exercise, one that will help you build super wide shoulders along with adding some meat to your triceps and upper back.
Sounds good to me.
So what are you waiting for? Get pressing.
STAY FOCUSED
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