10 Min | Home Shoulder Workout (SETS AND REPS INCLUDED!) – ATHLEAN-X™

by YouTube Team

If you have just 10 minutes and want a home shoulder workout that will let you build big shoulders at home, then this is the video for you. Here I show you a workout for shoulders at home that requires just a single heavier dumbbell or a pair of lighter dumbbells. No matter which one you choose, you will be able to complete your shoulder workout in just 10 minutes and start seeing results fast.

The key to this shoulder workout is the low barrier of entry regarding the equipment needed. Most of us, even if we don’t have a home gym, have a pair of light dumbbells laying around. Furthermore, we often have a single dumbbell that is on the heavier side. As I said, it doesn’t matter which one you want to use for this workout, they will both get the job done.

That said, let’s start breaking down the lighter dumbbell shoulder workout.

The key to the effectiveness of this home workout for shoulders is to take advantage of the hypertrophy stimulus gained from metabolic stress caused by higher repetition, low rest, light load workouts. Each of the shoulder exercises included in this home workout are to be performed for 45 seconds, followed by just a short 15 second rest to shake out the burn and then finished off with one more round of the same movement. This is to be repeated a total of 5 times for a total workout duration of 10 minutes.

If at any point you feel as if you can’t complete the reps due to the overwhelming metabolic burn in your delts, simply rest as briefly as possible and get back to cranking out your reps until the time is over.

The exercises, sets and reps in this lighter dumbbell home shoulder workout are as follows:

Light Home Shoulder Workout
– 1 1/2 Laterals – 45 sec on / 15 sec off x 2
– Dumbbell H Raises – 45 sec on / 15 sec off x 2
– Dumbbell W Raises – 45 sec on / 15 sec off x 2
– Urlachers – 45 sec on / 15 sec off x 2
– Kneeling Speed Presses 45 sec on / 15 sec off x 2

If you would rather rely more on eccentric stress and tension as your drivers of muscle growth, then you will definitely want to try out the heavier version of this shoulder workout.

Just like the lighter version, you will be able to do this entire workout for your shoulders at home. The best part is, you will only need a single heavy dumbbell to get the job done. By alternating the reps on many of these exercises, you will effectively split the load between the right and left shoulders during the one minute period which will allow you to get about 10-12 reps on each arm before the time of each set is complete.

That said, the working periods here are going to be 1 minute long. The rest periods however will be longer, one minute each, to allow you to account for the fact that the overall tension is higher and the muscles will need more recovery in between efforts in order to continue to perform at a capable level.

The exercises, sets and reps in this heavier dumbbell home shoulder workout are as follows:

Heavy Home Shoulder Workout
– Cheat Lateral – 1:00 on / 1:00 off
– 1 Arm Clean and Press – 1:00 on / 1:00 off
– 1 Arm High Pull – 1:00 on / 1:00 off
– Gravediggers (biceps) – 1:00 on / 1:00 off
– DB Pressouts – 45 on / 15 off
– Power Pushaway Burnout x 1:00

Keep in mind, following your last db press out exercise, you will take just a 15 second rest before you finish off your workout with a power push away bodyweight shoulder exercise for 60 seconds. The goal is to try and complete the entire minute without falling to your knees. This is tough but something you can do if you put your mind to it.

If you are looking for a complete workout program that you can do at home that will help you to build pounds of new muscle while training like an athlete, be sure to head to athleanx.com and get the ATHLEAN-X Training program that matches your exact goals. Build ripped athletic muscle in just weeks by following a step by step home workout and meal plan.

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21 comments

Sardor Norton April 14, 2021 - 3:23 pm

Jeff says to keep the thumb up while doing side lateral raise for the external rotation of the shoulder for the sake of its safety, while some other sources tell to keep the pinkie up to maximise the load upon the shoulders. Do I have to trade shoulder safety for maximum load on the delts ?

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Testicular Cretin April 21, 2021 - 12:16 pm

Amazing video

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Testicular Cretin April 30, 2021 - 12:01 pm

any one know why he doesn't stand up for these?

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Footballscoop22 May 30, 2021 - 3:14 pm

This has me dead rn😅

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Raul Raw June 2, 2021 - 10:56 am

What's meaning of 247365 on his t-shirt 👕

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Adhithyan PM June 5, 2021 - 11:28 am

This is one of the best training series jeff has ever done. PERIOD

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Squishy Cookies June 6, 2021 - 3:55 pm

Lighter: 45 sec on 15 sec off
2 sets for each exercise.
Overview 1:28
Lateral 1.5 Raise 2:01
H-Raises 2:23
W-Raise 2:54
DB Urlachers 3:31
Kneeling Speed Press 4:06

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Angga Tirta June 12, 2021 - 2:06 am

Athlean-X : Making videos.
Me : Its free real estate.

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Reason June 13, 2021 - 1:27 pm

My shoulders getting pumped watching jeff workout

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Neel Mazumdar June 18, 2021 - 7:46 am

The moment Jeff said "I'll annihilate your shoulders", I gave the video a like.

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Dave S June 21, 2021 - 6:52 pm

This was a killer! Looked so easy!!

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Syladin Stormlight July 10, 2021 - 2:57 am

Is there a reason why Olympic bodybuilders train with Jeff

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Anshul Gupta July 25, 2021 - 1:59 pm

3 sets of these and my shoulders refuse to carry my head.

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Rebeljack July 27, 2021 - 2:19 pm

Hey guys,
do you think I could do both in 1 training session or would that be too much for my shoulders (overtraining) or does it depend on my level?

By the way. Very nice Vids, Jeff. keep going!

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Patrick July 31, 2021 - 5:56 am

-Light Dumbbells
1. 1½ Lateral raises 2:02
2. DB "H" Raises 2:22
3. DB "W" Raises 2:53
4. DB Urlachers 3:30
5. Kneeling Presses 4:05

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sekar arul August 11, 2021 - 1:41 pm

Can I train shoulder twice weekly using heavier route dumbell only?

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Ray Ortiz August 30, 2021 - 5:49 pm

I dont feel any of these in my shoulders

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LAMBRO September 4, 2021 - 11:13 pm

I've been a really skinny short guy all my life, which isn't very long to be honest since I'm almost 16 now, but a year ago I started watching Jeff's vids and taking his advice and a year later I'm the most confident in my body I've ever been, gonna keep it up as long as I physically can, thank you lots Jeff

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DrummyT September 9, 2021 - 1:26 am

Excuse of the day:
“I can’t do that shoulder exercise because I don’t have a chair with a square/rectangular back. Guess I gotta eat Cheetos.”

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BOBER 007 October 14, 2021 - 4:06 am Reply
Joshua Thomas December 22, 2021 - 5:29 am

Pm

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