Shoulder Exercises For Perfect V Shape
March 31, 2009
With close to some 700 muscles in the body you can be assured if you want that super ‘V’ shaped body, you just need to work the right set of muscle. You will need to work both the shoulder muscles as well as the abdominal muscles to get that real broad shoulder look. When you set out working both these sets of muscle groups, you can be assured of that perfect V shape.
Most people are unaware that the shoulder is one of the last places that the body accumulates fat. So it is very easy to get definition of this group of muscles. If after a month at the gym, you do not see any significant change it means that you have in fact a lot of fat to shed. It is important to warm up the shoulder muscles before you work on them. One of the best exercises for this is the full arm rotation. That is rotating your arm a full 360 degrees. This is what some call limbering up.
Check out the wide range of exercise available to build these muscles from your trainer. Start with something as simple as push ups, before you start out with weight, is what I would suggest. Just by rotating the position of the hands (with them either facing straight and forward, or turn them inwards and lastly turn them outwards) you can achieve a complete workout.
I would suggest that you start doing sets of 10 with each hand position. Over the next two months, work this repetition up to 30 for each hand position. Now I would say you are ready for moving up to doing weights for further growth of the muscles.
Similarly, for the abdominal muscles I would suggest you have a similar approach as you did for your shoulders and arms. Take 3 different abdominal exercises, one that works the whole muscle area (which is a conventional sit-up). For the muscles on the side of the abdominal do the alternate foot and elbow sit-up ( that is you sit-up, and bring your left foot up bent at the knee and with your right hands elbow you try to touch the knee).
For the lower muscles of the abdominal, place your hand under your buttocks and raise your legs of the ground at least 12 inches of the ground. Now cross and uncross them. Start these simple exercises by doing 10 of each. Move up to doing 30 repetitions. Now you will be ready to move forward to the next level.
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