| To me nothing symbolizes bodybuilding like | | | | press, keep your wrist locked and once the |
| massive shoulders, they say to the world I | | | | barbell is past your face (it should almost |
| workout, and I am in shape-and sure they look | | | | brush your nose) put your head through the |
| good at the beach too! And if you think about | | | | space, do not look up, keep looking forward, |
| it, no matter what you are wearing, heck even | | | | and lock out at the top, hold for a count, |
| a three piece suite, your shoulders or lack | | | | and slowly lower. A COUPLE OF POINTS At the |
| there of, are on display. Trouble is, you | | | | top of the rep you want the bar to be over |
| rarely see massively thick and wide shoulders | | | | the back of your head and when you lower the |
| anymore you know the kind where you think, | | | | weight your can raise your shoulders to kind |
| man are those delts or bowling balls. If you | | | | of create a shelve you can rest the bar on |
| would like to learn the one, yes, only one, | | | | while you re-set your self for the next rep. |
| exercise you need to do in order to build | | | | And that is an important point, please reset |
| truly impressive shoulders, read on. THE OVER | | | | for the next rep (making sure your whole body |
| HEAD PRESS The over head press with either a | | | | is tight and your feet are firmly planted), |
| barbell or dumbbells (and for this article we | | | | especially when you are first learning the |
| will talk about how to do them with a | | | | lift. Do not worry about how much weight you |
| barbell) is without a doubt the king of all | | | | are using, simply master the lift first then |
| shoulder builders. Why? Simple. It works all | | | | you can start adding weight. CLOSING POINTS |
| three heads of the shoulders, the front, rear | | | | On the surface the overhead press seems like |
| and side head, as a bonus it also works the | | | | a simple lift, but it is not, which is why I |
| upper back like no other exercise, the | | | | recommend that beginners to the lift (or |
| rotator cuff muscles, and triceps and will | | | | those coming back to it after a long lay off) |
| give your abs and good one over as well. I am | | | | start with the basic 5x5 (that's five sets of |
| going to assume you will be taking the | | | | five reps per set) program. The overhead |
| barbell off a rack to do your presses, if you | | | | press is a wonderful lift that will build |
| do not have one; it is ok, simply jut clean | | | | your shoulders from front to back, but again |
| the bar to your shoulders and start from | | | | please take the time to learn the lift and be |
| there. The first thing about overhead presses | | | | aware while this article is a good beginning |
| that I simply cannot stress enough is warming | | | | it is just that, a beginning. I have no doubt |
| up, trust me, if you hurt your shoulders you | | | | if you give the overhead press a good honest |
| will regret it. Taking the time to do two | | | | try your shoulders will improve by leaps and |
| sets of twenty reps with an empty bar, before | | | | bounds, heck one day somebody may ask, if |
| you begin adding weight, will go a long way | | | | those are truly shoulders or boulders! |
| towards keeping your shoulders and elbows | | | | |
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