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Strong shoulders are more important than you may realize. They help you reach, lift, and boost your overall shoulder joint power. Maintaining shoulder strength can help you avoid injuries, including dislocations or rotator cuffs, help improve posture, and boost joint stability.
In addition, they're critical—especially as you age—to perform daily chores like carrying your grandchildren, lifting packages, and even reaching to put away clean laundry. To get you started building shoulder strength, we're here with five dumbbell exercises that will get the job done faster than machines after 60.'I only work with free weights. No machines,' says Allison Kalsched, NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, Women's Fitness Coach, and Co-founder of Not Your Mother's Menopause. 'Using dumbbells allows for more muscle engagement than using machines because it eliminates the work the machine is doing for you.' Jose Guevara, Fitness Expert, Chiropractor, Home Gym Equipment Tester, and Owner at ShreddedDad.com, agrees that dumbbell workouts can be beneficial for building both strength and stability, as they don't move in a fixed path. 'With a machine, you just have to worry about pushing which is good for strength but you lose the stability factor,' Guevara adds. 'With dumbbells, you have to control the weight and also have the strength to move it. So dumbbells provide a better overall stimulus to the shoulder and rotator cuff muscles.' Below, experts break down five stellar dumbbell exercises that build shoulder strength faster than machines. Start this exercise by standing tall in a staggered stance, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides. With a slight bend in your elbows, raise the dumbbells out to the sides of your body until you reach shoulder height. Perform 2 sets of 10 reps with a weight you can easily work with. Press the weights overhead, extending your arms. Perform 3 sets of 10 reps with a weight you can easily work with. Begin by placing your right knee and right hand on a workout bench, maintaining a tall chest and tight core. Pull the weight up toward your ribs, keeping your elbow close to your body. Perform 3 sets of 10 reps with a weight you can easily work with on each side. Hold a dumbbell in each hand just outside your chest. Press the dumbbells over your chest until your arms are extended but not locked out. Begin sitting at a sturdy chair with your legs spread. Move your arm in circles, clock and counter-clockwise.
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