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Shoulders Exercises

Build stronger, more defined shoulders with these proven exercises

301exercises found

Archer Push Up

Advanced
Pectorals

The archer push up is a hard exercise using your own body weight. It strengthens your chest, arms, shoulders, and tummy muscles. To do it, you perform a push-up while reaching one arm straight out to the side. This makes the bending arm work much harder and requires good balance and strength.

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Assisted Chest Dip (kneeling)

Beginner
Pectorals

This exercise works your chest muscles using a machine that helps lift your weight. You kneel on a pad that pushes you upward, which makes the movement easier. It is great for learning the exercise or getting stronger if you cannot do a regular dip yet.

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Band Close-grip Push-up

Intermediate
Triceps

This is a type of push-up that uses a stretchy band to make the move harder. You keep your hands close together to focus on your arm muscles, called the triceps. The band adds extra force to the exercise, making your muscles work more.

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Band Push Sit-up

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise uses a resistance band to make a standard sit-up harder. You hold the band while sitting up to work your stomach muscles more. It also helps strengthen your shoulders and chest because they have to keep your arms steady.

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Band Side Triceps Extension

Beginner
Triceps

This exercise uses a resistance band to strengthen the triceps, which are the muscles on the back of your arms. It also works your shoulders a little bit. To do it, you hold your arms out wide to the sides, bend your elbows to bring your hands in toward your shoulders, and then push your arms back out straight.

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Barbell Decline Close Grip To Skull Press

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise strengthens the triceps, which are the muscles on the back of your arms. You perform it on a bench where your head is lower than your feet. By holding the bar with your hands close together, it mixes two types of arm movements to build strength and balance.

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Barbell Decline Wide-grip Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise done on a bench that slopes downward. You use a barbell and hold it with your hands far apart. It focuses on the bottom part of your chest muscles and also works your shoulders and the back of your arms.

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Barbell Guillotine Bench Press

Advanced
Pectorals

This exercise is very similar to a standard bench press, but you lower the bar to your neck instead of your chest. This small change makes the upper part of your chest muscles work harder. Because the bar comes close to your neck, you must use perfect control to stay safe.

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Barbell Incline Bench Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

The barbell incline bench press is a strong upper-body workout. It mainly builds the upper chest muscles, while also working the shoulders and the back of the arms. You do this exercise on a slanted bench with a long weighted bar to make your chest bigger and stronger.

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Barbell Incline Close Grip Bench Press

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise is a great way to strengthen your upper body. It focuses mainly on the triceps (the back of your arms) but also works your chest and shoulders. You do it lying on a slanted bench. You hold the bar with your hands close together, which makes your triceps work harder than usual.

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Barbell Incline Reverse-grip Press

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise works your triceps, chest, and shoulders. You do it lying on a slanted bench while holding the barbell with your palms facing you.

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Barbell Jm Bench Press

Advanced
Triceps

The barbell JM bench press is a special arm exercise that works your triceps. It mixes a close-grip bench press with a triceps extension. To do it, you lie on a bench, bring the bar down toward your neck with your elbows tucked in, and then push it back up.

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Barbell Lying Back Of The Head Tricep Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This is a triceps muscle exercise done while lying on a bench. You lower a barbell behind your head and then lift it back up to work the back of your arms.

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Barbell Lying Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This strength exercise helps build your triceps muscles. It is often called a skullcrusher. To do it, you lie on a bench and lower a barbell to your forehead by bending your elbows. Then, you push your arms straight back up.

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Barbell Lying Triceps Extension Skull Crusher

Intermediate
Triceps

The barbell lying triceps extension, or skull crusher, is a workout for the back of your arms. You lie on a bench and lower a barbell to your forehead, then lift it back up. You must move carefully to stay safe.

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Barbell One Arm Floor Press

Intermediate
Triceps

This one-arm exercise works your triceps, chest, and shoulders. You lie on the floor and push a barbell with just one hand. Because you must balance the long bar, it makes your core work hard to keep you steady.

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Barbell Press Sit-up

Advanced
Abs

This is a hard exercise for your tummy. It mixes a regular sit-up with pushing a bar. It works your abs, shoulders, and chest. You need to be strong and good at balancing to push the bar safely while you sit up.

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Barbell Seated Close Grip Behind Neck Triceps Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This is an arm exercise for your triceps and shoulders. You sit on a bench and hold a barbell behind your neck with your hands close together. Then, you push your arms straight up.

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Barbell Seated Overhead Triceps Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise works your triceps muscles. You sit down and straighten your arms over your head while holding a barbell. It also uses your shoulders as secondary muscles.

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Barbell Standing Back Wrist Curl

Beginner
Forearms

This exercise strengthens the top part of your forearms. You stand up holding a barbell and lift it by bending only your wrists backward.

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Barbell Standing Wide-grip Curl

Beginner
Biceps

This exercise uses a barbell to build strong arm muscles. You hold the bar with your hands placed far apart. This helps work the inner part of your biceps, as well as your forearms and shoulders.

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Barbell Wide Bench Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This exercise builds strength in your chest muscles. It also works your shoulders and the backs of your arms. You need a barbell and a bench to do it. You hold the bar with your hands far apart, lower it to your chest, and push it back up.

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Barbell Wide Reverse Grip Bench Press

Advanced
Pectorals

This exercise strengthens your chest muscles, as well as your arms and shoulders. To do it, you lie on a bench and push a barbell up while holding it with your palms facing towards you.

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Behind Head Chest Stretch

Beginner
Pectorals

This flexibility exercise helps loosen tight chest muscles. You do it by standing up straight, putting your hands together behind your head, and gently pulling your shoulder blades toward each other to open up your chest.

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Bench Dip (knees Bent)

Beginner
Triceps

This is a bodyweight exercise that you do using a chair or bench. It mainly strengthens the back of your arms, known as the triceps. It also helps work your chest and shoulder muscles to build upper body strength.

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Bench Dip On Floor

Beginner
Triceps

This is a simple exercise you can do using just your body and a sturdy seat. It strengthens the muscles in the back of your arms. You hold yourself up on the edge of a bench or chair and lower your hips down and up.

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Biceps Narrow Pull-ups

Advanced
Biceps

This is a bodyweight exercise that mainly makes your biceps stronger, but also works your forearms and shoulders. You hold onto a bar with your hands close together and your palms facing you, then use your upper body strength to pull yourself up.

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Body-up

Beginner
Triceps

The body-up is a bodyweight exercise that strengthens your arm muscles, specifically the triceps. It also works your chest and shoulders. You keep your feet on the floor and use your arms to lower and lift your straight body, just like a dip.

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Bodyweight Incline Side Plank

Beginner
Abs

This exercise helps make your tummy muscles strong. You lie on your side and hold your body up using only your forearm and feet. The goal is to keep your body as straight as a pencil.

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Bodyweight Squatting Row

Intermediate
Upper back

This exercise works your upper back, biceps, and shoulders. It mixes a squat with a pulling motion. You need to be strong and coordinated to do it.

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Bodyweight Standing Row

Beginner
Upper back

This exercise uses your own body weight to make your upper back muscles stronger. It also works your arms and shoulders. You stand up and pull a bar or handles to your body, making sure to squeeze your shoulder blades together.

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Bodyweight Standing Row (with Towel)

Beginner
Upper back

This exercise uses a simple towel to help strengthen your upper back, shoulders, and arms. To do it, you pull the towel toward your chest while keeping your body steady and your back straight.

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Burpee

Intermediate
Cardiovascular system

This exercise works your whole body at once. It mixes a squat, a push-up, and a jump all together. It makes your heart beat faster and helps your muscles get stronger.

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Cable Alternate Triceps Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise uses a cable machine to work the triceps muscles on the back of your arms. You straighten one arm at a time while keeping your upper arm completely still, switching back and forth between your right and left sides.

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Cable Decline Fly

Intermediate
Pectorals

The cable decline fly creates a workout for the lower part of your chest. You use a cable machine with the handles set high to pull downwards. This movement stretches and squeezes your chest muscles by moving your arms in a smooth, controlled way.

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Cable Decline One Arm Press

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise using a cable machine. It focuses on the lower part of the chest but also works the shoulders and triceps. Because you use only one arm on a slanted bench, you must stay balanced and controlled.

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Cable High Pulley Overhead Tricep Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise uses a cable machine to isolate and strengthen the triceps at the back of your upper arm. By pulling the cable over your head while keeping your elbows still, you focus specifically on building arm muscle.

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Cable High Row (kneeling)

Intermediate
Upper back

This is a strength exercise for your upper back. You do it while kneeling in front of a cable machine. It helps you squeeze your shoulder blades together and uses your back muscles. Your arm and shoulder muscles help a little bit, too.

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Cable Incline Pushdown

Intermediate
Lats

The cable incline pushdown is a focused exercise for the back muscles (lats). It uses a cable machine with a straight bar. You must move slowly and with good posture to work your back muscles well. The triceps and shoulders also help with the movement.

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Cable Incline Triceps Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise works the triceps muscles on the back of your arms using a cable machine. You stand with your back to the machine and push your arms up over your head to strengthen the muscle.

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Cable Kneeling Triceps Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise works the triceps muscles on the back of your arms using a cable machine. You kneel on the floor in front of a high pulley and straighten your arms to target the muscle.

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Cable Lying Extension Pullover (with Rope Attachment)

Intermediate
Lats

This exercise works your back muscles, which are called the lats. You do it by lying on a bench and using a cable machine with a rope. You need to move slowly and carefully to make your muscles work well and keep your shoulders safe.

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Cable One Arm Incline Press On Exercise Ball

Advanced
Pectorals

This exercise works your chest, shoulders, and the back of your arm. You do it with one arm while sitting on a bouncy ball. The ball makes it hard to balance, so you must use your tummy muscles to stay steady.

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Cable One Arm Press On Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Pectorals

This is a chest exercise for one arm at a time. You sit on a bouncy ball to work on your balance and core muscles. You push a cable handle straight in front of you.

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Cable One Arm Straight Back High Row (kneeling)

Intermediate
Upper back

This exercise works your upper back muscles using a cable machine. It also uses your biceps and shoulders. You do it while on your knees to help focus on your upper back.

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Cable Overhead Curl On Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Biceps

This exercise works your biceps, forearms, and shoulders. You sit on an exercise ball while doing it, which helps you practice balance. This also makes your tummy muscles work to keep you steady.

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Cable Press On Exercise Ball

Intermediate
Pectorals

This exercise works your chest, shoulders, and the back of your arms. To do it, sit on an exercise ball and hold the handles. Then, push them forward while you keep your body steady.

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Cable Pushdown (straight Arm) V. 2

Beginner
Lats

This exercise works your large back muscles (lats) using a cable machine and a straight bar. It also helps your arms and shoulders. To do it right, you must keep your arms straight and your body still the whole time.

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Cable Rope High Pulley Overhead Tricep Extension

Intermediate
Triceps

This exercise uses a cable machine with a rope to strengthen your triceps muscles. You pull the rope over your head to work the back of your arms. Your shoulders also work to keep your body steady.

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Cable Seated Overhead Curl

Intermediate
Biceps

This is a bicep exercise you do while sitting at a cable machine. It focuses on making your arm muscles work hard by moving slowly and smoothly without swinging.

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