Shoulder Exercises Women Can Do Too!

Your shoulders are an area of your body that look great if they are toned and shapely, but look really unattractive if they have little or no muscle tone.

If you don't do any exercise at all to improve the muscle tone, this can lead to poor posture, making you look round shouldered as well. And poor or bad posture can ultimately be the cause of many niggling back problems.

Many women, and men too for that matter, should be learning exactly how to do some simple yet effective shoulder exercises. Women will not only improve the muscle tone and shape of their shoulders, but their overall posture as well.

Imagine how good you could look if your shoulders were smooth and toned with great definition - you'll definitely want to show off your sexy shoulders with strappy tops then!

Shoulders really are one of the areas of your body that are an absolute give away as to whether you work out regularly and are fit or not.

In order to see fast improvements in both shape and tone, and get beautiful sexy shoulders for summer, check out the following shoulder exercises.

Women can make massive changes to their overall posture, just by doing some of these easy shoulder exercises. Not only will they improve your posture, but they can help to strengthen your back and prevent the possibility of future back related injuries.

If you hold your shoulders back and stand up tall for a start, that will make the world of difference before you've even got to the gym or started your workout at home.


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Shoulder Exercises Women Love To Do

Exercises women love to do to improve the shape and tone of their shoulders include easy side lateral raises.

These can be performed standing up, on a chair or a bench in the gym or on an exercise ball as shown in the image to the right.

Take a couple of dumbbells, one in each hand, and sit comfortably on the ball if that is where you are performing the exercise.

• Position yourself in your start position, with dumbbells touching and arms down in front of you.
• Raise your arms out to the sides, but make sure your elbows don't rise any higher than your shoulders.
• Hold for a count of approximately 2 seconds and return to original position.
• Repeat and perform 3 sets of between 10-12 repetitions.

Shoulder Exercises Women Can Do

Women can do lots of toning exercises if they are new to exercise and this will make such a huge visible difference very quickly.

Even if you have been training with weights for some considerable time, there are always different exercises and ways of increasing and improving your muscle tone.

The Dumbbell Shoulder Press is one of the best shoulder exercises. Women can do this sitting on a chair or a gym bench, on an exercise ball or even standing up.

You will need 2 dumbbells, of a weight to suit your strength and level of experience.

• Start by holding the dumbbells in each hand and holding your hands and arms out to the sides, with your hands above each elbow, and with your elbows just below shoulder height.
• Raise your arms up overhead until they are straight but not locked at the elbow.
• Hold for approximately 2 seconds and return to the start position.
• Repeat for 3 sets of between 10-12 repetitions.
• See image below to perfect your technique.