Here is an excellent tip for way up: as you raise dumbells, imagine as though you are trying to wrap backs of your arms around a tree. You’ve often heard that you should try to wrap your arms around a tree for dumbell flyes, now apply it to this movement.

Also, try to force your hands into as wide of an arc as possible and keep dumbells as far away from your body as possible. This technique will help you to keep your shoulders down as you lift weights.

What all these tips accomplish is to reduce ability of stronger back muscles to contract during exercise, forcing rear delt muscles to "shoulder" burden of exercise.

The keys to remember are:

1. Shoulders down throughout movement. 2. Do a reverse wrist curl at start. 3. Wrap your arms around a tree on way up. 4. Raise dumbells up in line with your head.

Incorporating these tips into bent-over lateral movement will target your rear delts like a laser beam!

For pictures on how to execute this technique go following URL:

http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue10-delt-tip.htm

4. Pull-ups - this involves pulling up furniture, rugs, carpets, clothes, etc. to pick up all fur that gets into strangest of places.

5. Pushdowns - one for overly-enthusiastic dinnertime beggar.

6. Lunges - when you're trying to grab her for a bath.

One final word of advice when doing resistance training with your dog is never yell out "Spot me!" if your dog is not housetrained. It's a mistake you'll make only once.