Introduction to Shoulder Exercises

Series Summary

The first weightlifting World Championship occurred in London on March 28th , 1891 but weightlifting traces back in history to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians where we find weightlifting used to judge human strength. In the Twenty-First Century weightlifting is as popular as ever, with many events in the Olympics and thousands of gyms all across the world where people exercise for weight loss and strength training. There are many exercises for almost every muscle you can name and a correct and an incorrect way to workout those muscles. The shoulder, comprised of many different muscles, can be a particularly difficult area to workout and proper technique is essential to avoid injury.

In this free online video series learn from certified personal trainer Ricketta Butler as she demonstrates shoulder exercises including: the overhead press, lateral raises, the isolateral shoulder press, advanced shoulder press, over head press with the bar bell, dumbell variations of overhead press, shoulder shrugs, the front raise, lateral raises with dumbbells, bent elbow lateral raises, the upright row, and the seated shoulder shrug.

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Riki Butler and I’m a certified personal trainer. I’m certified through AFAA and ACE and have been a personal trainer for the past 10 and a half years. On behalf of Expert Village, today I’ll be demonstrating for you exercises that work the muscles in the shoulders. The ranges of motion that work the shoulder muscles are motions such as lateral raises, out to the side; front raises, right out in front of your body; overhead presses, right over your head; and upright rolls, bring your hands underneath your chin. After you have completed an effective shoulder workout, you must stretch the muscles in your shoulders. You want to take your arm, pull it across your chest grabbing above or below your elbow joint and relaxing the shoulder down away from your ears. You switch to the opposite side. Again, I’m grabbing both above or below the elbow. Relax the shoulder down away from your ears. Today I’ll be demonstrating different types of exercises. We’re going to use machines such as Nautilus equipment, Cybex equipment, free weights, dumb bells and probably some cables. So we’re going to go ahead and get started. "