Do dumbell shrugs develop the shoulder muscles well?
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They work well for the shoulders, but they mainly build the trapezius muscles (between the neck and shoulder). If you're trying to bulk them up, I would increase the weight a little so you're doing about 6-8 reps with a little struggle.
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Sounds like you could have strain in your rhomboid muscles, which attached the medial wall of the scapula to the spine. There are a couple ways to help this. \n1. Exercise with light weights- dumbell rows\n2. Stretching\n3. Isometric exercises such as corner pushes- go to the corner of a room and put one hand on each wall, bend your elbows so your upper body moves towards the corner. Squeeze your shoulder blades together until you feel the back muscles engage and hold it for one minute. Do this 3 times in a row, 30 second break.\n\nI'll send you a link for some other exercises.
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There are many. It really depends on what equipment you have. One of the best overall upper body exercises for someone with NO access to fitness equipment is the standard pushup. Using your body weight in this way is ideal for building the muscles in your chest, shoulders and triceps as you perform the upward phase of the movement, while the descending (going down) phase helps to work your biceps, abdominal area and upper and outer back (if you go slowly that is!) Hope this helps. Please email me at CFM97@yahoo.com if you have more questions!
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Dumbells help your smaller(support/stabalizer) muscles grow and strengthen! While the Barbell hit the main muscle groups! Dumbells are the tools used for your body; like the tweeking of an equalizer on a sound system or, the right seasoning on your favorite dish! It defines, what bodypart you've been working on! Barbells are the 'Pit Bulls' of body building! Use correctly, they can blow up the main muscles of any body part! Use correct form at all times!
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Training your shoulders & trapezius helps. Do lateral raises or upright rows. Another common exercise (often used by wrestlers) for specifically training the neck is a neck bridge. You want to be sure to have a trainer helping or at least someone experienced watching for this one, though, because it's easy to get hurt doing it wrong.\n\n\nLateral raises:\nhttp://www.ballyfitness.com/rapid_results/expert_advice/video_clips/video.asp?46\nUpright rows:\nhttp://www.ballyfitness.com/rapid_results/expert_advice/video_clips/video.asp?49\nNeck bridge:\nhttp://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mahler19abig.jpg
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Consult a sports medicine doctor and find out how to strengthen your shoulder muscles.\n\nAlso could be some kind of nerve problem, but I suspect it's a strength problem.\n\nGood Luck
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Yes, genetics plays a vital role in body building. If I say there in no work out only for forearms, pls do not get annoyed with me OK.\n\nAny work out which you give your pulling muscles invariably will give a tremendous work out to the forearms. I mean to say all your back work out can not perform without effecting your fore arms. Apart from the normal biceps work out Barbell and dunmber forearm curls will give you benefit.\n\nIf you need further assitance, please feel free to write me.\n\nGood luck.
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The premise to partial curl-ups are lifting up as if to do a curl, but what your really doing is tightening your abs without lifting your back, (though your shoulders will probably rise about an inch or two). Its more of an isometric exercise.
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I've seen a hundred "muscle heads" in the gym that work out in a way that perpetuates shoulder injuries.  I typically reccomend doing military presses (if you do them ) to be done with your elbows slighty in front of you not out to the side as i always see.  I also recommend keeping your elbows near your body whenever possible...i.e. bench press, ect.  I also rec. doing external rotation exercises for the shoulder as a lot of exercises work the Internal rotators, which set you up for imbalance.  This can be done with dumbells with you ina side lyig postion, with your arm bent at 90 degrees and with your top elbow againt your rib cage lift/rotate the arm toward the cieling.  Ask a trainer how to do it.\n"No pain" ranges of motion with lighter weights until you can get to a normal ROM with heavier wieghts.
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Your specific strenghts and weaknesses with the muscles involved in each lift are what seperate you and your brother. Your training techniques or your form on those lifts may vary or it could simply be a case of preferability that you find curling more interesting than benching so you do more of it since you like it. It's all in the head, and it gets a lot more complicated.
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Tricep Kickbacks\nStand with left leg in front and place left hand on left thigh, so you are slightly bent forward. With dumbbell in right hand raise your elbow up above your waist. Keep the elbow in this position and with your forearm lift the dumbbel up and back behind you and lower (lower just the dumbbell - elbow stays where it is). Do 3 sets of 15 reps on both arms.\n\nDips\nUsing a bench (or chair) sit on the edge and place hands on bench with fingers facing the edge. Lift yourself up off the bench and keeping back close to the edge of bench lower down a few inches. The closer your feet are to you the easier it is, so to increase the intensity step the feet a little ways. Lift yourself back up, but don't sit down, continue lifting and lowering yourself for 3 sets of 15 reps.\n\nOverhead Tricep Press\nStand with feet shoulder width apart with a slight bend in the knee. With one or two dumbbells in hands raise them above your head. Keep elbows close to ears and lower weight behind you and press up. Elbows stay where the are and close to the ears - don't let them fall out. Do 3 sets of 15 reps.
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Your shoulder should be across the handles when you lie down.That means you shoulder and the handle must be in a straight line.You can bring that down as far as you can but don't put it down completely.Normally I do 8 Nos.per set with a weight of 36Kgs.If you use lesser weight you can increase the number.You can rest for a minute.
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hey i know exactly what to do .. for shoulders, i suggest u get dunbells and hold them above eah shoulder with hands faing forwards.. then push upwards and slowly let back down .. if u do with the propper amount of wiehgt.. u will feel a strong burn .. this is rapidly building muscle.. for abs.. i suggest many declined crunches with a 25 pound plate on ur chest.. this builds a 6 pack very quickly.. for chest i recomend laying down on a flat surface that is very stable and grabbing dunbells and pressing them up forward.. the more u do and the more reps.. the more burn u will feel .. this increase chest and inner arm strenght ALOT.
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Even though it is more for legs, I have started powercleaning and it has increased my trap size significantly ( because during the movement you shrug the bar).  You might also want to look into shrugs and lat pulldowns.
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To build big powerful arms with bulging biceps, you must build your triceps.  \n\nBig Strong Biceps - Build Triceps - Powerful Arm Exercises \n\n\nIn every gym that you go to, you will see people pumping their biceps. Biceps along with the pecs and abs are sometimes called vanity muscles because they are the most visible and therefore commands the most respect. Invariably, when you ask someone to show you his muscles, he will probably flex his biceps. \n\n\nBefore we discuss biceps development, I want to point out that the biceps make up only one third of your upper arm with triceps the other two-thirds. So to have big impressive arms, you must build your triceps too or the effort on your biceps will not show good results. Many people fail to realize this and that is why you see them doing curls after curls without much improvement. We will touch on triceps exercises and building big arm muscles in another article. For now, let's talk about building big and peak biceps. \n\n\nHere are some exercises that will blast your biceps. Most of you would have done some or all of these exercises. The question I am asking is, are the exercises done in the correct form and techniques because if they are not, you will most likely be wasting your time as your biceps will not grow to its full potential. Perform each exercise for 3-5 sets once or twice a week and at reps between 6-10, but make sure that at the high end of the reps, you will not be so fatigued that you can't perform another rep in good form. \n\n\n\nStanding Barbell Curl/ EZY Bar \n\nYou can perform this exercise with either a straight bar or an ezy bar. This is a great mass building exercises for your biceps. Stand with feet shoulder width apart and grasp the bar with an underhand grip, hands should also be about shoulder width apart. Curl the bar up slowly focusing intensely on the biceps contraction. Do not swing or use momentum to curl especially at the later stages when your biceps get weaker. Never swing or move your body, only your arms are moving. Keep your elbows locked to the side of your body and do not pivot them. Then lower the weight, taking 3-4 seconds resisting the weight on the way down to emphasize the negative part of the exercise. Never let gravity pull the weights down. At all times, do not curl or bend your wrist which must always be in a straight neutral position. \n\n\n\nIncline Dumbbell Curls \n\nThis exercise will hit different fibre in your biceps and gives you the peak bicep look. Sit back on an incline bench holding a dumbbell in each hand, keep your elbows well forward throughout the movement, curl the weight upward and toward the shoulder level. Then squeeze your biceps hard at the top position. Lower the weights again, slowly under full control. The speed and techniques are similar to what was described earlier. \n\n\n\nPreacher Curl \n\nSimilar to barbell curl but using the preacher curl station. This is an excellent bicep peaking isolation exercise. \n\n\n\nHammer Curl \n\nHammer curl gives your biceps the full look and your forearms are also working hard. Similar to incline dumbbell curl except you will be using the hammer grip on the dumbbell like holding a hammer knocking nails in and standing up instead of sitting down. \n\n\n\nBuild Big Biceps Tips \n\nFocus on the movement of your biceps all throughout the motion. Don't lift weights that are too heavy that will compromise your form and techniques to show off. By slightly turning and squeezing, you'll build more peak on your biceps. Like all exercises, pose and stretch the biceps between sets. This is to flush out lactic acid and help your biceps recover better for the next set. Remember to change the order of the exercises you perform after every few weeks to shock your biceps into new growth.
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For butterfly you want your shoulders to be loose so you actually don't want to do any heavy weight lifting to build your shoulders. Weight lifting will bulk up your shoulders and you may lose flexibility. What I suggest is to do really high repetition of shoulder press, bent over rows, and straight arm raises with really light weights in the off season. Use light weights like canned goods or some thing to give you some resistance but not a weight that you will struggle with. Start with 4 sets of 50 reps. If it's too easy increase the number of reps or go a little heavier. Gradually increase the number of reps. When your season starts taper down and gradually stop any lifting. Your swimming should be giving your shoulders a sufficient work out and you don't want to put too much strain on your rotator cuff or shoulder ligaments.\n\nWhat you do want to build through weight training is your back muscles. This is what will give you the power in your stroke not your shoulders.
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well shoulder sits,shoulder stands,L starnds thigh based liberties,heel stretches, and scropians or scales.\nBe creative and look at cheere websites like mspineapples.com