Animal: The Origin Story
Built on commitment, dedication, hard work, perseverance, and the idea that each day is an opportunity. April 19, 2022 • 3 min read
Kris Gethin's Elite Shoulder Workout
Get ready for an unbelievable pump with Kris Gethin's killer DTP shoulder workout. April 13, 2022 • 1 min read
Top Science-Backed Benefits of Strength Training
Consistent strength training helps you to look better and feel better with benefits that go beyond just building strength and muscle. Find the keys to unlocking improved physical fitness and mental health. February 08, 2022 • 5 min read
Anatomy of Growth: How to Train Your Shoulder Muscles
Men and women alike want to build an aesthetic set of shoulders. Learn more about the muscles and bones that make up this joint to build a better, stronger, healthier set of shoulders. August 10, 2021 • 3 min read
The Best Workouts to Get Bigger Shoulders
These five muscle-building shoulder workouts can help add size and definition to any lifter's upper body. Beginner or advanced, your new favorite delt pump is right here. July 12, 2021 • 8 min read
The Shoulder-Friendly Hardcore Workout You've Always Wanted
Tired of training around shoulder pain? Use this joint-friendly upper-body workout to build healthy shoulders as well as pain-free muscle and strength gains! May 05, 2021 • 3 min read
How to Train Through Shoulder Pain and Be Unstoppable
Shoulder pain isn't just something you have to grin and bear. These are the best exercises for shoulder pain, and the best training techniques to get you on the road to pain-free lifting. May 05, 2021 • 5 min read
10 Best Shoulder Workout Exercises for Building Muscle
Get educated so you can get wide! These are the exercises you need to have in your shoulder workouts for strength and mass. April 13, 2021
Tawna Eubanks's 30-Min Upper-Body Workout for Women
Tired of body-split training? Hit it all and build strength and intensity training upper chest, shoulders, biceps, and triceps with this IFBB pro bikini queen! March 18, 2021 • 5 min read
Hunter Delfa's Muscle-Building Chest and Shoulders Workout
Want to know how to get a killer V-taper? NutraBio athlete Hunter Delpha has the workout you need to start building an X-frame, ASAP! March 24, 2020 • 5 min read
The Triple-Duty Shoulder and Trap Exercise Your Upper Body Needs
There's a time and a place for chasing muscle isolation, but sometimes, a single move can give multiple muscle groups exactly what they need. Do this move with any implement and spread the love across your shoulders, traps, and back! March 06, 2020 • 5 min read
Troy Adashun's Shoulders and Traps Workout: The Balloon Method
Looking to grow your shoulders and traps with a whole new training style? Skip the classic 10-12 reps and try Troy Adashun's Balloon Method. February 26, 2020 • 4 min read
The Simple Workout for Super Shoulders
Looking for max results with little time and no machines? Free weights are your friend in this no-BS workout for blasting your shoulders. November 08, 2019 • 3 min read
Jim Stoppani's Secrets of Size: How to Build Bigger Traps
Are your hands holding you back from building big and bold traps? Jim Stoppani, Ph.D., has the exercise equipment hack you need for traps that reach as high as the sky. October 29, 2019 • 2 min read
The 400-Rep Shoulder-Shocker Workout
Make the most out of that V-taper with this high-volume workout designed with big delts in mind! October 29, 2019 • 3 min read
Brian DeCosta's Shredded-Upper-Body Workout
Team Bodybuilding.com athlete Brian DeCosta's got workouts for days for you. Take a crack at his latest upper-body destroyer! September 23, 2019 • 4 min read
Bigger Shoulders In Just 20 Minutes
This 20-minute session will set your delts on fire and guarantee growth even when you're short on time. December 25, 2018 • 3 min read
One Trick to Transform Your Lateral Raise
Breathe new life into your lateral raise and boost your shoulder caps with this one delt-building trick. December 13, 2018 • 2 min read
5 Ways to Spice Up Your Lateral Raises
Don't just trust that the same old way of doing things will pay off forever. Go to school on this staple movement with a full semester's worth of new variations! August 29, 2018 • 5 min read
Freaky Upper Body Workout: Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps
Take a glimpse of Alex Savva's 12-Week Fitness Plan with this FreakMode upper body workout to crush chest, shoulders, and triceps with this routine. July 13, 2018 • 2 min read
Unlock Shoulder Growth With This One Move
Shoulders that are both "show" and "go" can be yours via the standing barbell push press, a classic but underrated exercise. May 21, 2018 • 3 min read
3 Essential Lateral-Raise Variations
You have more choices than you realized with this bodybuilding staple. Go light, hit these hard, and your muscles will scream while your joints celebrate! November 22, 2017 • 4 min read
The Only Dumbbell Lateral Raise Article You Need
All the presses in the world won't earn you big, strong, pain-free shoulders. You need lateral raises, and you need to do them the right way! October 16, 2017 • 4 min read
The 4 Best Shoulder-Builders You've Been Skipping
Want boulders for shoulders? Make these four moves the pillars of your plan! October 03, 2017 • 3 min read
NFL Pro Bowler Brian Orakpo's Upper-Body Workout
A Herculean upper body is a job requirement for Tennessee Titan linebacker Brian Orakpo. But Brian doesn't spend all his time "clangin' and bangin'" at the gym. Check out his surprising outdoor upper-body routine. July 18, 2017
How To Avoid The Latest CrossFit Injury Epidemic
A surprising number of athletes suffered the same serious injury at this year's CrossFit Games regionals. Could it have been avoided? Hell yes! Here's what went wrong, and how every lifter can bullet-proof themselves against it. July 12, 2017
The Shoulder-Training Mistake You Can't Get Away With
You want boulder shoulders, right? First things first: Before you go heavy, take time to protect the part of your body that makes big shoulders possible. June 12, 2017
4 Shoulder Strategies Doomed To Fail
Not making progress with your delt workout? Avoid these four common errors and you might soon see boulders where once there were mere stones. June 04, 2017
2 Gethin-Approved Shoulder-Training Hacks
Step up to the machine. No, not that machine, the other one! These two moves will give your shoulders a totally novel stimulus, if you're willing to depart from the norm. May 30, 2017
Modify Your Lateral Raises To Keep Your Shoulders Growing!
If you perform every move the same way each workout, you're probably lulling your muscles to sleep rather than pushing them into growth. Here's how to spice up the same old lateral raise! May 29, 2017
6 Tips For Improving Your Overhead Press
Think you've mastered the overhead press? These six tips will help you fine-tune your powerful physique. May 18, 2017
The 6 Grittiest Shoulder Moves You're Not Doing
Update your delt routine with these six novel movements and updates on classics. They're all shoulder friendly, but that definitely doesn't mean easy! May 03, 2017
8 Insider Tips To Build Your Ultimate Traps!
Trapezius muscles can be really stubborn when it comes to growth, so you need to make some smart changes to how you train them. Here are eight great ways to make growth happen! April 27, 2017 • 6 min read
4 New Ways To Blow Up Your Shoulders
High-volume shoulder training doesn't have to be built around the same old presses and raises. Kris Gethin and IFBB pro Leah Dolan lead you through a unique four-move routine that will definitely get your delts' attention! April 26, 2017
4 Dynamite Dumbbell Workouts For Strength And Size
Let these intense dumbbell workouts breathe new strength and size into your results. Put your back, chest, legs, shoulders in a position to succeed! July 30, 2016 • 6 min read
9 Most Underrated Shoulder-Training Tips
Building boulder shoulders is about way more than heaving heavy weight overhead. Train smart, stay healthy, and add size with these 9 underrated training tips! July 30, 2016 • 7 min read
Shoulder Workouts for Men: Delt Exercises for Growth
Bigger Shoulders mean fully developed deltoids for a complete shoulder so we've compiled the 7 best routines for bigger delts in your shoulder workouts. July 30, 2016 • 12 min read
Define Your Delts: 5 Must-Do Shoulder Exercises
Improve the appearance and strength of your delts with these science-based exercise tips that will put you head, and shoulders, above the rest. July 23, 2016 • 5 min read
Blow Up Your Rear Delts: 8 Tips For Postier Deltoid Exercises
Hitting your rear delts the right way at the right time can make the difference between boulder shoulders and pebbles so workout those posterior deltoids! July 16, 2016 • 6 min read
Ladies: 6 Exercises For Sexy And Shapely Shoulders
There is nothing like a good pair of solid round shoulders to make that hot little black dress look tremendous! Try the following workout and exercises. July 16, 2016 • 6 min read
7 Best Shoulder Exercises You're Not Doing
Encourage new muscle growth in your delts with a handful of rut-busting movements. July 16, 2016 • 6 min read
The Ultimate Shoulders And Triceps Blast
Press your way to a bigger pump and bigger arms with this shoulder-and-triceps workout! June 26, 2016 • 4 min read
Samantha Leete's Shoulder-Sculpting Workout
Strong, sculpted shoulders are the key to a well-rounded physique. Build better delts with this volume-packed workout from fitness model Samantha Leete! September 24, 2015 • 2 min read
How To Overhead Press: A Beginner's Guide
The overhead press is a fantastic strength-and-muscle builder for the entire upper body and core. Learn how to tackle this compound lift safely and effectively! August 12, 2015 • 6 min read
Test Your Workout IQ With Our Shoulder Training Quiz!
Think you've mastered the finer points of shoulder training? Test your knowledge with 10 questions on delt exercises, and learn how to perfect your own form! February 03, 2015
Build The Perfect Set Of Shoulders
Building big shoulders takes more than doing a few front raises. Learn how 'The Siege' hits his shoulders and follow his workout for wide, round delts! December 17, 2014 • 4 min read