Body Weight Shoulder Exercises

Good shoulder exercises you can do using your body weight. Good shoulder exercises you can do using your body weight.

Adductor Raise

Body Weight Shoulder Exercises
Primary Muscle Group: Inner Thigh - Adductor

Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise:  Inner Thigh - Adductor

Preparation: Begin by lying down on your right side. Bring your left leg over your right leg, keeping it bent at a 90-degree angle with your left foot planted firmly on the floor.

Breathing:  Breath out on the contraction of the muscle and breath back in on the way back to the start position.

Execution: Begin Keeping your right leg straight, slowly raise it as high as possible. Contract your inner thigh and return to the start position. After finishing the desired number of repetitions, turn over and repeat the process on your left.

Comments: For added intensity, strap on ankle weights.

Push Ups Explosive Knees On Ground

Body Weight Shoulder Exercises
Primary Muscle Group: Plyometrics - Upper Body

Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Chest

Preparation: Start in a standard pushup position except your knees remain on the ground.

Execution: Lower yourself to the ground and then explosively push up so that your hands leave the ground. Catch your fall you're your hands and immediately lower yourself into a pushup again and repeat.