One of the most strained muscles in our bodies can be our shoulders. That is why it may be necessary to work this muscle group with shoulder workouts.

If you are interested in having wider and leaner shoulders, or if you only want a good workout routine for your shoulders, you should try these easy steps.

One of the most famous steps is shoulder press. This is done by standing up, have your feet one shoulder width apart. Keep you back straight and your shoulders squared. Keep you abdomen tight, your chest relaxed and your knees should be slightly bent.

Then you hold the weights above your shoulders and slowly push them up. You should maintain your focus on the position of your body as well as focus on working your shoulders. Lower your arms only until they are perpendicular with your shoulders.

Then, you reverse you arms with the weights down. Slowly move the weights downward, and then upward again until it is bent straight at the elbow. You again repeat these steps. This will help work out your deltoid muscles.

Another step you can try is called a shoulder shrug. This time, you still should start with correct posture. That means you should have a straight back, relaxed chest, tight abdomen, etc. You should also maintain balance by keeping your feet firmly planted, slightly apart, and toes slightly pointing outward.

You start by lifting your shoulders slightly at the back of your head. This will simply look like as if your shrugging, only that you will have weights in hand. This type of shoulder workout will be effective for your trapezius muscles.

Side shoulder raise is another exercise which will work out your deltoid muscles.

Still standing in a proper position, put your arms with weights in them slightly in front of your body. Then you lift the weights sideways and upwards. Maintain focus on your shoulders.

Lift only until your arms are in line with your shoulders. Then you can lower your arms and start the routine again.

Another very simple exercise is arm circles. In here, you won’t need any equipment. After standing in a proper position, you need to lift your shoulders sideways. You then do circular motions with your arms. Reverse the direction as necessary. However, it is recommended to do the circular motion in the same direction for at least 10 seconds before you reverse the direction.

You may also modify this exercise by doing shoulder shrugs instead of whole arm circles. The shrugs will be done without weights and can be repeated as many times for ten seconds and reversed in the opposite direction.

So, if you want to have simple steps in shoulder workouts, you should try the above exercises.