Building the Shoulder Muscle

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While the shoulder isn't the most desirable muscle group to build, having a set of massive shoulders will do wonders for your physique, especially if you're of slight build to start with. But how to do it? What are the actual muscles that will give you that kind of look? Read on to find out.

If you've read any of my other articles, you're going to think I'm sounding like a broken record. But that's fine with me. So before I go into the exercises to perform for the shoulder muscle, I'm going to repeat myself :)

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There are three main shoulder muscles, known as the deltoids. There are more, but I like to keep things simple. Those muscles also have names, but for simplicity, we're just going to call them the front, middle and back muscles. Each of these need to be worked in order to build the shoulders that you dream of.

Chances are, the problem is too much, rather than too little. You see, the front shoulder muscle is also worked whenever you do any chest work. Everytime you jump on the bench, you are also heavily working that front shoulder muscle. And I'm yet to meet a guy who doesn't do any chest work. So in order to work out if you're doing too much or too little for this muscle, think about your current workouts and think if it will hinder your front shoulder development in any way.

The middle deltoid is a favourite with many bodybuilders. It's the one that will give you the really broad look about you. It is also quite hard to build. While it is involved in a lot of the compound movements that you will perform, it won't grow on it's own as well as the front deltoid. So I recommend that your shoulder work out have some sort of dumbell raise thrown in. This will help you develop a broader physique without adding that much muscle to your frame overall.

The rear deltoid is like the forgotten deltoid. Since it is at the back, people are always neglecting it. However, for a complete picture, you simply cannot forget this poor, misunderstood little muscle. Since it is rather small, I don't recommend doing all that much work on it. If your workout doesn't consist of many pull ups, then perhaps you should try some isolation exercises. I would recommend that you perform pull ups anyway, but if for whatever reason, you can't perform these, then some bent over dumbell flyes would suffice. This doesn't mean you go easy though.

Ok, thats about it for shoulders. I have learnt a few other interesting things about building the shoulder muscles, but since I did not come up with them, it would be unfair of me to share those with you. If you want to find out more about building broad shoulders, you'll want to check out Sean Nalewanyjs "The Truth About Building Muscle".

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