No matter what type of workout you are doing always remember to do warm up exercises before and cool down after your workout. This helps you keep your muscles from becoming damaged or cramping later on in the day. You must take care of your muscles if you don’t want them to get ripped or strained while exercising.

Let’s take a closer look at some perfect exercises that will take your weight lifting to a higher level. There are plenty more that could be added and if you are not sure exactly how to do these based on the instructions given, feel free to look them up on the Internet for more information and helpful diagrams.

Handstand Pushups
This size building push up workouts exercise is best done with a spotter so that you do not get hurt during execution. Perform a handstand and allow your feet to rest against the wall straight up towards the ceiling. Look straight ahead and using the control of your arms, lower your body towards the floor until the top of your head touches it. Next use your arms to push your body up again. This is a great exercise for bigger arms and muscular shoulders.

One Arm Pushup
Remember Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa? This is a simple push up… with only one hand on the floor. If you’re really adventurous, try doing it with one leg off the floor as well. Like a regular push up this exercise will develop strong shoulders, pecs and triceps.

Door Pull-Up
Using a strong door - not the doorway, but the door itself - lay a towel across the top and grasp the top of the door and towel while allowing your body to hang. Pull yourself up until your chin clears the top of the door and then lower yourself slowly back down. Make sure you have plenty of clearance so that you don’t bang your head against the ceiling.

One Legged Squat
The following exercise is not as easy as it seems. Keep your stretched arms straight ahead and get 1 leg off the ground keeping it in front of you. While looking forward, slowly lower your body down into a squat on one leg. As you get to the position in which you are parallel with the leg that you have extended, flex your buttocks and abdominal muscles and hold it as you reach the bottom of the squat. Count to three and then rise back up to the starting position. Besides building your leg’s muscles this will also sharpen your balance.

These are advanced exercises which will certainly build bigger muscles. It is very important to start with decent warm up activities.