Dumbbell Laterals for your shoulders
This strengthens your shoulders, traps, and neck. It will improve your ability to lift things and will increase your endurance when using your arms (like when brushing your teeth or unpacking groceries).   Do this standing. Start with a dumbbell in each hand at your sides. Raise the weights in a natural arc until the dumbbells are slightly higher than your shoulders. Keep your elbows slightly bent.   Do not "swing" your body or the dumbbells to get them up there! This should be a strictly controlled movement.   This is not designed for heavy weights - using heavy weights will actually get you less results than lighter weight with higher reps. I suggest 12 or more reps per set.

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