Build stronger, more defined delts with these proven exercises
This exercise uses a stretchy band to make your front shoulder muscles stronger. You simply stand up and lift your straight arms out in front of you to work your upper body.
This exercise works the muscles in your shoulders. You stand on a stretchy band and lift your arms straight out in front of you until they are as high as your shoulders, then lower them. It makes your shoulders stronger and also helps your arms and upper back.
This is a strength exercise for your shoulder muscles that uses a stretchy band for resistance. It also works the back of your arms and your upper back. You simply push the band up over your head starting from your shoulders. This is a basic exercise to build strength in your upper body.
This is a shoulder exercise that helps your muscles grow strong. It mixes pushing up with turning your upper body. It uses your arm and back muscles. It also makes your tummy muscles work hard to keep you balanced.
This exercise uses a resistance band to make your shoulders and upper back stronger. It works muscles called the deltoids, traps, and rhomboids. You do this by lifting your arms to make the shape of the letter 'Y'.
The barbell front raise works your shoulder muscles. You do this by holding a bar in front of your legs and lifting it straight up to your shoulders.
This exercise works the muscles on the back of your shoulders. It also helps the muscles in your upper back. To do it, you lean forward and lift a barbell out to your sides.
The barbell rear delt row is a strong exercise that works the muscles on the back of your shoulders. It also helps the muscles in your upper back and arms. To do it, you bend over and pull a barbell up to your chest. This motion makes you squeeze your shoulder blades together to make your back muscles work hard.
This is an exercise for your shoulder muscles, arms, and upper back. You need to be flexible and use safe form to prevent injury.
The barbell seated Bradford Rocky press is a seated exercise that builds shoulder muscles. It involves pushing a barbell up over your head to work the deltoids. It also uses the triceps and upper back. You need flexible shoulders, a strong core, and pressing power to do it well.
The barbell skier is an active shoulder exercise. You hold a barbell and do a small jump while lifting the bar up. This move works your shoulder muscles and uses your arm and tummy muscles to help you stay steady.
The Barbell Standing Bradford Press is a standing exercise that makes your shoulders, upper back, and arm muscles stronger. You push a weighted bar from your shoulders straight up over your head. You need good strength and steady movement to do this well.
This shoulder workout focuses on your deltoids while also helping your triceps and upper back. It involves standing up and lifting a weighted bar from your legs to a position above your head, which requires strong shoulders and steady movement.
This exercise works the shoulder muscles. It also uses the muscles in your arms and upper back. To do it, you stand up and push a barbell over your head from your shoulders, holding the bar with your hands widely apart.
The barbell upright row v. 3 is a strength exercise that works your shoulder muscles, along with your upper back and arms. To do it, you stand holding a barbell and pull it straight up from your thighs to your chin, keeping your elbows higher than your hands.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles (deltoids). It also helps your upper back (traps) and arm muscles (biceps). You hold a barbell with your hands far apart. Then, you lift the bar from your legs to your upper chest while pulling your elbows up high.
This exercise uses a cable machine to strengthen the muscles on the back of your shoulders and upper back. You need to hold your body in a steady position and move with control to get the best results.
This workout builds strong front shoulder muscles. You hold a cable handle and lift it straight out in front of you until it reaches shoulder height. You must move smoothly and control the weight the whole time.
This exercise works the front muscles of your shoulders. It uses a cable machine to keep a steady pull on your muscles the whole time. It also uses your upper back and arm muscles a little bit.
This exercise strengthens the back of your shoulders and your upper back muscles. You kneel on the floor and pull a rope toward you while keeping your tummy tight and your body still.
This exercise works the side muscles of your shoulder. You use a cable machine that pulls on your muscles the whole time you move. This helps make your shoulders look wider and stronger.
This exercise uses a cable machine to strengthen the back of your shoulders. It also works the muscles in your upper back and arms. You perform it by pulling a handle toward your chest with steady, controlled movements.
This exercise works the muscles on the back of your shoulders using a cable machine and a rope. It also strengthens your upper back and arms. The machine keeps a steady pull on your muscles, which helps build shoulder strength and stability.
This exercise is for the muscles on the back of your shoulders. It also works the upper back. You sit at a cable machine and lift your arms out to the sides until they are level with your shoulders.
This exercise focuses on the shoulder muscles, specifically the rotator cuff and deltoids. You sit down and use a cable machine to create resistance while you turn your arm inward.
This exercise uses a cable machine to strengthen your shoulder muscles. You push handles from your shoulders straight up over your head. This helps your shoulders, the back of your arms, and your upper back get stronger.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles and helps keep the joint steady. It focuses on turning your arm outward. It also uses the muscles in your upper back to make your shoulders stronger and healthier.
This is a shoulder workout where you lift one dumbbell straight up while the other stays at your shoulder. It helps make your shoulders, arms, and tummy muscles stronger.
This is a shoulder exercise where you push dumbbells over your head while turning your wrists. It works your shoulder muscles, the back of your arms, and your upper chest.
This exercise builds strength in your shoulder muscles. It also works your triceps and chest. You sit on a bench and push dumbbells over your head with control.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles, the back of your arms, and your upper back. It mixes pushing weights up with turning your wrists. This movement helps make your shoulder joints strong and steady.
This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles. You hold weights in your hands and lift them up in front of you until they are as high as your shoulders. You must move slowly and carefully without swinging.
This shoulder exercise works your deltoids, traps, and rotator cuff muscles. You lift dumbbells out to the side with your elbows bent a little, copying the movement of pouring out a can, which helps stop shoulder pinching.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles while you sit on a slanted bench. It also helps strengthen your upper back and the back of your arms. The movement involves pushing weights from your shoulders up over your head while keeping your body steady.
This exercise builds the muscles on the back of your shoulders. It also helps the muscles in your upper back. You lie face down on a slanted bench to help you stay still and target the right muscles.
This exercise works your shoulder and upper back muscles. You do it while sitting on a slanted bench. You must move slowly and carefully to make sure your muscles do the work, not momentum.
This exercise works the muscles on the sides of your shoulders. It is used to make your shoulders look wider and feel stronger.
This exercise strengthens the small muscles inside your shoulder called the rotator cuff. You lie on your side and rotate your arm upward while keeping your elbow tucked against your ribs. This helps keep your shoulders strong and stable.
The dumbbell lying on floor rear delt raise is a focused exercise for the muscles on the back of your shoulders. To do it, you lie on your stomach on the ground and lift weights out to your sides. This helps strengthen your rear shoulders and upper back.
You lie on your stomach on a bench and lift a dumbbell with one hand to work the back part of your shoulder.
This exercise works the muscles on the back of your shoulder. You do it while lying on your stomach on a bench. It makes your shoulders stronger and more steady. It also uses the muscles in your upper back.
This exercise focuses on your shoulder muscles. You hold onto a stable object to keep your body still. This helps you lift safely without swinging, so your shoulder does all the work.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles by pushing a weight up with just one arm. It also strengthens your arm and upper back. Because you are only lifting on one side, you must use your stomach muscles to keep your body steady and balanced.
This exercise uses a dumbbell in one hand to push weight up above your head. It strengthens your shoulder muscles. It also uses your arm muscles and back muscles to keep you steady. Because you only use one arm at a time, your tummy muscles have to work hard to keep you standing straight.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles, arms, and core. You use a small bend in your knees to help push the weights up high. It is a fast movement that uses both strength and power.
This exercise works the muscles on the back of your shoulders and helps your upper back. You do it by leaning forward at your hips and lifting weights out to your sides.
This exercise works the back of your shoulders and your upper back. To do it, lean forward with a straight back. Then, lift the weights out to the sides like wings and squeeze your shoulder blades together.
This exercise works the muscles on the back of your shoulders and helps your upper back. To do it, you lean forward from your hips and lift weights out to your sides while keeping your body steady.
This exercise works the muscles in your shoulders and upper back. You bend your body forward and lift weights out to your sides while turning your hands.
This is a seated exercise for your shoulders. You sit on a bench and push weights straight up over your head to work your deltoid muscles.
This exercise is for your shoulders. It mainly works the front part of your shoulder muscles. It also helps your upper back and arms a little bit. You do this exercise while sitting down. Sitting helps you stay still so your shoulder muscles do all the work.
This is a shoulder exercise you do while sitting down. You hold a weight in each hand and push them up over your head one at a time. It works your shoulder muscles and also helps your arms and chest.
This exercise builds strong shoulders. You sit on a bench and press one dumbbell up while the other comes down. It works your shoulder muscles and helps your upper arms and back too.
This exercise is for your shoulder muscles. You sit down while doing it. Sitting helps you use only your shoulders and stops you from swinging your body. It is a controlled way to make your shoulders stronger.
This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles. You sit down and push dumbbells straight up over your head.
This exercise builds shoulder strength while you sit down. You hold dumbbells with your palms facing each other. It works your shoulder muscles and also helps your arms and upper back.
This exercise works the shoulder muscles, known as the deltoids. You lie on your side and lift a dumbbell with one arm until it is at shoulder level. This movement strengthens the shoulder and improves balance.
This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles and helps your stomach muscles stay tight. It tests how steady you can keep your arm and body while walking with a weight held high above your head.
This shoulder exercise is done while standing up. You push a dumbbell over your head with one arm, then the other. It works your shoulder muscles and uses your arm and stomach muscles to keep you steady.
This shoulder exercise targets your deltoid muscles. You lift dumbbells to the side one at a time to improve strength and stability.
This shoulder exercise uses dumbbells. You move the weights in a circle around your body. It helps strengthen your shoulders, arms, and forearms.
This standing exercise builds strong shoulders using one arm at a time. You hold a dumbbell with your palm facing inward and push it straight up. It also uses your arm and tummy muscles to keep your body steady.
The dumbbell standing overhead press is a strength exercise for your shoulder muscles. You perform it by standing up and pushing dumbbells from your shoulders straight up over your head.
This exercise strengthens your shoulders, as well as your arms and chest. You hold a dumbbell in each hand and push them straight up over your head with your palms facing each other. Holding the weights this way is often gentler on your shoulder joints than the standard overhead press.
This exercise makes your shoulder muscles strong. It also works your neck and upper arms. You hold a weight in each hand and pull them from your legs up to your chin, while keeping your elbows high.
This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles, along with your upper back and arms. You perform it by lifting weights from your thighs up to your shoulders while pulling your elbows up first.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles and upper back. You hold weights, lift your arms to the side, and rotate them to strengthen your shoulders.
The dumbbell W-press is a shoulder workout using hand weights. You press the weights up from a position that looks like the letter 'W'. This move strengthens your shoulders, the back of your arms, and your upper chest.
This shoulder exercise is done while standing with an EZ barbell. It helps strengthen your shoulders, chest, and the back of your arms. You simply push the bar up over your head from your shoulder level.
This shoulder exercise uses two kettlebells. You push one weight up at a time while switching arms. It builds strong shoulders and helps your arms and tummy stay steady.
This is a shoulder workout where you push kettlebells up over your head while turning your wrists. It strengthens your shoulders, arms, and upper back. You must be careful and steady because of the turning motion and the weight of the kettlebells.
This exercise uses two kettlebells. You hold them at your shoulders and push them over your head. You must use strength from your legs and your upper body to move the weights up quickly and safely.
This exercise works your shoulders. It uses a strong push from your legs to help move two kettlebells high above your head. You need to be strong and careful to do it the right way.
The kettlebell double snatch is a full-body exercise that works your shoulders, back, arms, and stomach muscles. It uses fast, strong movements. You need to focus and use the right form to do it safely.
The kettlebell one arm clean and jerk is a strong, full-body move. It works your shoulders, triceps, and core all at once. You need good balance, power, and the right form to do it safely and well.
The kettlebell one arm jerk is a move where you use your legs and hips to help push a weight overhead with one arm. It builds power and strength in your shoulders, arms, and tummy.
The kettlebell one arm military press to the side is a single-arm exercise where you push a weight straight up over your head. It mainly builds muscle in your shoulders, while also working your triceps and helping your core stay steady. You need good balance, coordination, and shoulder strength to do it right.
This exercise works your shoulder, arm, and stomach muscles. You hold a kettlebell in one hand and push it straight up over your head. You use a small jump with your legs to help push the heavy weight up.
This exercise is a fast, full-body move that focuses on your shoulders. It also works your upper back, arms, and tummy muscles. You need to use power, good timing, and the right form to do it safely and well.
The kettlebell pirate supper legs exercise works your shoulder muscles. It involves lifting a kettlebell from your shoulder to straight up over your head. You must be strong and keep your body steady while doing it.
This is a shoulder exercise you do while sitting down. You push kettlebells up over your head to work your shoulder muscles. It also helps strengthen your arm muscles and your tummy muscles.
This is a shoulder exercise that you do while sitting down. You push two kettlebells up over your head to work your shoulder muscles. It also helps strengthen the back of your arms and your upper back.
This is a shoulder exercise where you lift two kettlebells. You push one weight up while the other comes down, moving your arms back and forth like a seesaw to build strength and balance.
This exercise mixes a squat with an overhead press. It works your shoulder muscles along with your legs and stomach. You need to be strong and have some practice holding a kettlebell to do it right.
This is a fast exercise that works your shoulder, trap, and arm muscles. You need to be strong and move carefully to lift the kettlebell from the floor to your chest.
This shoulder exercise uses two kettlebells to build upper body strength. You press the weights from your shoulders straight up over your head, working your shoulder muscles, arm muscles, and upper back.
This exercise builds strength in your shoulders and upper back. You use a barbell that is anchored at one end to the floor. To do it, you lift the bar out to the side until it reaches shoulder height. This helps make your shoulders strong and steady.
The left hook is a boxing move that uses your body weight. It mostly works your shoulder muscles by using a turning punch. It also uses your arm muscles and needs good balance and a strong tummy.
This machine exercise helps build your shoulder muscles. You lift your arms out to the sides to work the side of your shoulders and your upper back. Since the machine holds your body steady, it is very safe and easy for beginners to use.
This exercise is a shoulder workout performed on a steady machine. It mainly builds your shoulder muscles but also helps your upper chest and the back of your arms. Because the machine balances the weight for you, it is a safe way to build strength and learn the right movement.
This machine exercise works your shoulder muscles. You use one arm at a time to build strength on that side. It also helps your upper back and the back of your arms.
This exercise is done while sitting on a machine. It mainly works the back of your shoulders. It also helps the muscles in your upper back. Because you are sitting and using a machine, it is easy to stay steady and focus on the right muscles.
This exercise is done on a machine while sitting down. You pull handles backward to work the muscles on the back of your shoulders and upper back. It helps make your upper body strong.
This is a machine exercise for your shoulder muscles. It also helps your triceps and chest. The machine guides your movement to keep you safe and stable while you push.
This machine exercise builds strength in your shoulder muscles. It also helps work your chest and the back of your arms. You sit down and push the handles up and forward to complete the movement.
This is a machine exercise that builds strong shoulder muscles. It also works your arm and chest muscles a little bit. You sit in a safe seat and push handles up and forward to get stronger.
This easy bodyweight exercise focuses on the back of your shoulders. It also stretches muscles in your upper back. People do this to make their shoulders move better and to help with tightness.
The Smith Behind Neck Press is a shoulder workout done on a Smith machine. It focuses on building shoulder muscles but also helps your upper arms and upper back. To do this, you push the bar from the back of your neck straight up over your head. You need very flexible shoulders to do this exercise correctly.
This is a machine exercise that works the back of your shoulders and upper back. You lie with your chest against a pad and pull a bar toward you. The machine helps keep the movement steady while you squeeze your shoulder blades together.
The Smith seated shoulder press is a machine exercise for your shoulder muscles. The machine helps hold the weight steady, so it is safer and easier to balance. This exercise also works the muscles in your upper back and the back of your arms.
This exercise uses a Smith machine to help you build strong shoulder muscles. Because the machine holds the bar steady for you, it is easier to focus on pushing the weight up to grow your muscles.
This is a shoulder exercise done while standing inside a Smith machine. It works your shoulder muscles by having you push the bar from behind your head up toward the ceiling.
The Smith standing military press is an exercise that works your shoulder muscles. You do it while standing up inside a Smith machine, which helps hold the bar steady. It also uses your arm and back muscles. Because the bar moves in a straight line, it can be easier to learn than other presses, but you still need to stand strong and hold your body tight.
This is a shoulder exercise done on a Smith machine. It works your shoulder muscles, traps, and biceps. To do it, you pull the bar up toward your chin while keeping your elbows higher than your hands.
This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles. You stand up and push a barbell from behind your neck until it is over your head. It also works the back of your arms and your upper back.
This exercise works your shoulder muscles. You do it by lifting weights straight out in front of you. It also helps your arm muscles. You need to move carefully and not swing your body.
This is an active movement where you kneel on the floor and swing weights up over your head. It works your shoulder muscles while also using your arm muscles and stomach muscles. You need to be strong and balanced to do this smoothly.
This shoulder exercise uses dumbbells to make your upper body stronger. It works the muscles in your shoulders, upper back, and the back of your arms. You lift the weights up and out to the sides in a smooth, curved motion while leaning forward.
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