subject: How To Pump Your Shoulder Muscles [print this page] Shoulder muscles can quite easily be neglected especially because of the huge fuss over ripped abs and biceps. Ladies will want to flatten their tummies and tighten their asses and thighs but rarely will you see a lady wanting to develop her shoulder muscles, unless they are professional body builders. Shoulder muscles are very visible and can alter the way you look quite greatly. You can have a very well toned body, but the fact that your shoulders are weak and sluggish will greatly negate the whole look.
So you may be working so hard on your abs, triceps and biceps, all for them to be toned down by your sagging shoulders. If your shoulders sag naturally, pumping them will make them look a lot stronger and more attractive. It may even take someone a third look before they realize that you actually have sagging shoulders. Since most exercises involve the use of the arms to some extent, your shoulder muscles are used quite a lot. This means that the stronger they are, the easier it will be for you to do those exercises that involve them. So here is how you can build up baby boomers.
First and foremost, the workout won't be effective if your diet is a drag! Not literally, if your diet doesn't reflect your aspiration of generally building muscles, then this is where you need to start. Proteins are the building blocks that will build your muscle tissue and are therefore essential to all bodybuilders. Try using whey which is the protein with the highest Biological Value but only as a support system for the rich protein whole foods that you take.
Protein sources come in a very huge selection for meat lovers, vegetarians or vegans. Carbohydrates and fats should be regulated but they simply must be included because they are your body's source of energy. Drink plenty of water and also low fat milk to boost your calorie and protein levels.
Working out your shoulder muscles means that you need to build all three types of shoulder muscles namely the anterior, posterior and lateral deltoid muscles.
Anterior deltoids can be pumped by doing front raises. Take a small weight in each hand, bend your knees slightly. Staring from your thighs, raise your hands to eyelevel, keeping your back straight. Push ups also workout these muscles.
Lateral deltoids can be pumped by doing lateral raises. Hand stand pushups will greatly pump these muscles. For posterior deltoids, simply hold a small weight in each hand. Having done this, bend your knees. Slightly, raise and lower your arms slightly as you bend your elbows. All these raises can be done with exercise machine.
As I had said, the shoulder muscles are constantly being used so don't over work them. Stretch and warm up before you start on them and stretch immediately after the exercises. Use weights that you can simply control in order to avoid injury. Also keep your weights within the range that you can handle.
