How To Get Bigger Shoulders

Dec 8, 2025 • By GymLogTrack

Last Updated: Dec 8, 2025

When training your shoulders, you should perform exercises that target the front, lateral and rear deltoid muscles. Depending on your access to equipment, there are standard shoulder workout plans that will help you accomplish this.

How To Get Bigger Shoulders
How To Get Bigger Shoulders

How do you build shoulders muscles?

Shoulder workouts require performing exercises that target the front, lateral and rear deltoid muscles.

How to train the lower chest

The primary exercises that help with this are military press, overhead press, landmine press, front raises, lateral raises, rear raises and suitcase rows. All of these exercises can be performed with barbells, dumbbells or with a cable pin-machine.

Beginner/Intermediate workout routine

Dumbbell Military Press - 3 sets of 8-12 reps
Front Dumbbell Raises - 3 sets of 15-20 reps
Lateral Dumbbell Raises - 3 sets of 15-20 reps
Rear Dumbbell Raises - 3 sets of 15-20 reps

Advanced workout routine

Barbell Military Press - 5 sets of 8-12 reps
Hexbar Suitcase rows - 5 sets of 8-12 reps
Landmine Press - 5 sets of 8-12 reps
Front Dumbbell Raises - 3 sets of 15-20 reps or Drop Sets
Lateral Dumbbell Raises - 3 sets of 15-20 reps or Drop Sets
Rear Dumbbell Raises - 3 sets of 15-20 reps or Drop Sets

Extra isolation

There actually a total of 7 heads in the shoulder deltoids. If you want to target more of the different heads for more striation use cable raises and change the direction in 7 ways and experiment with different grips

Exercise Categories: Shoulder Exercises

Muscle Group: Shoulder Muscles

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