There are 3 main muscle groupings you will need to think about when you are planning ways to build the shoulders and chest to an impressive degree. Let us take them one by one.
1. Abdominals
While they might appear out of place in an article on how to build up your shoulders and chest, the abs are just as crucial as the other 2 muscle collections. Having a tight midsection sets off the shoulders and contributes to the appearance of width at the upper body.
If you are interested in the correct way to build shoulders and chest V shape, you will want to tighten instead of build the abs so that you don't develop a thick waist. For this reason, some experts advocate that you avoid using weights in your abs workout and do not do side bends. This may go against what others tell you but give it a try if you'd like to extend the contrast between weights and shoulders.
Exercises to focus on here include the gorilla chin crunch, leg raises, sit ups and hanging knee raises. For the gorilla chin crunch, hang from the chin-up bar and bring the knees up as high as practicable to your chest whilst doing a pull up. Lower and repeat.
2. Lats
Lat muscles start under your arms and go all the way down the sides of your back. As a body builder you will always want to continue building bigger and wider lats.
There are 2 kinds of exercise that you will need to use if you really want to work and build the lats. The first involves chin-ups and pulldown moves. These build width. The 2nd is rows (e.g. Cable rows and barbell rows) and deadlifts, which build thickness. You will need to cover both.
3. Deltoids
The deltoids are the muscles that cover the shoulder joint, forming the rounded shape of the shoulder. Your goal when you're considering the best way to build your upper body V shape will be to build a strong, round ball shape on the shoulder. This gives the shoulders that huge, wide look.
The way to build deltoids is to utilise both a heavy pressing action and leverage raise exercises. Take as much weight as you can without losing form. Raises ought to be performed with full control, never by swinging the weights.
Exercises that you will want to have in your workout are: front and back cable lateral raises, bent over lateral raises, dumbbell lateral raises and of course, the seated press.
1. Abdominals
While they might appear out of place in an article on how to build up your shoulders and chest, the abs are just as crucial as the other 2 muscle collections. Having a tight midsection sets off the shoulders and contributes to the appearance of width at the upper body.
If you are interested in the correct way to build shoulders and chest V shape, you will want to tighten instead of build the abs so that you don't develop a thick waist. For this reason, some experts advocate that you avoid using weights in your abs workout and do not do side bends. This may go against what others tell you but give it a try if you'd like to extend the contrast between weights and shoulders.
Exercises to focus on here include the gorilla chin crunch, leg raises, sit ups and hanging knee raises. For the gorilla chin crunch, hang from the chin-up bar and bring the knees up as high as practicable to your chest whilst doing a pull up. Lower and repeat.
2. Lats
Lat muscles start under your arms and go all the way down the sides of your back. As a body builder you will always want to continue building bigger and wider lats.
There are 2 kinds of exercise that you will need to use if you really want to work and build the lats. The first involves chin-ups and pulldown moves. These build width. The 2nd is rows (e.g. Cable rows and barbell rows) and deadlifts, which build thickness. You will need to cover both.
3. Deltoids
The deltoids are the muscles that cover the shoulder joint, forming the rounded shape of the shoulder. Your goal when you're considering the best way to build your upper body V shape will be to build a strong, round ball shape on the shoulder. This gives the shoulders that huge, wide look.
The way to build deltoids is to utilise both a heavy pressing action and leverage raise exercises. Take as much weight as you can without losing form. Raises ought to be performed with full control, never by swinging the weights.
Exercises that you will want to have in your workout are: front and back cable lateral raises, bent over lateral raises, dumbbell lateral raises and of course, the seated press.
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