Barbell Shoulder Press

This key shoulder exercise seems simple at first, but there's more to it than just pushing a barbell over your head. These form tips will help you maximize your delt growth and strength gains from this exercise.

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Presses

Learn proper form for this staple shoulder exercise....without these tips, you may find yourself working your triceps and traps more than your shoulders.

Calf Machine Shoulder Presses

If you have shoulder issues, normal shoulder pressing might not be an option. Using the calf raise machine in this fashion allows you to use a neutral grip and potentially start pressing again.

Chain and Plate Side Delt Lateral Raises

This unique equipment combination will allow you to work the side delts from two directions of resistance at once...vertical and lateral. It will be a new growth experience for your side delts!

Dumbbell Shoulder Palm Presses

Changing up how you hold the dumbbell is what makes this exercise so good at targeting the lateral delts. It forces the hands into the optimal position for side delt activation.

Horizontal Shoulder Push-Ups

This is an excellent bodyweight shoulder exercise for beginners. It allows you to use very little resistance while still directly working the delts with a press/push-up.

Lateral Delt-Focused Dumbbell Shoulder Presses

This unique inwards-turned hand position forces the lateral delts to take up the majority of the load on this press.

Lying Rolling Rear-Delt Floor Lateral Raises

When rear-delt laterals aren't doing the trick, this bodyweight and free weight combination movement forces the rear delts into action in a big way.

One-Side Loaded Barbell Shoulder Press

This exercise gives you the stability of a barbell press with the single-side loading and arced movement pattern of a dumbbell press.

Pike Handstand Push-Ups

This version of the handstand push-up is an excellent strength-builder for working your way up to full handstand push-ups or for simply targeting the delts with a moderate-resistance bodyweight movement.

Side-to-Side Barbell Shoulder Presses

The shoulder is a dynamic joint and the delts function in a wide range of movement patterns. This exercise shifts the load from one side to the other to target a great range of muscle fibers.

Two-Bar Shoulder Press Machine in the Rack

If you don't have access to a shoulder press machine or if you want to have the stability of a barbell AND the freedom of movement of a dumbbell, this simple machine set up in the power is what you need.

Two-Phase Barbell Shoulder Press

You can use more weight at the top of the shoulder press than the bottom...this two-phase exercise targets those ranges much more effectively than straight-through reps.

Weight Plate Pizza Presses

The open hand position of this exercise helps to increase deltoid muscle activation as well as ramping up the stabilization requirements of the exercise.

How to Get a Better Rear Delt Contraction

This simple tweak to your form at the bottom of the exercise will help laser-target the rear-delts.

Pour Water on Your Head in Dumbbell Shoulder Presses

To keep tension on the delts all the way through to the top of shoulder press exercise, you need to use a very simple change in dumbbell angle.

Overhead Dumbbell Walking for Shoulder Stabilization

Every step you take is going to challenge your shoulder strength. This exercise generates continuous tension and loading on the delts.

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press on the Preacher Bench

Don't use the 90 degree bench for shoulder pressing. Here's why the Preacher Bench works much better.

Shoulder Presses on the Seated Bench Press Machine

If you have back problems and can't hold weights overhead because of it, this variation of the shoulder press might be a good option for you. There is almost ZERO back stress with it.