plural delts
informal
: a large muscle of the shoulder : deltoid
—usually plural
They ought to forget about their lats and delts for a minute and start beefing up the body politic.—
Herbert Muschamp
Herbert MuschampRemember those great old "Saturday Night Live" bits about the … bodybuilders who kept offering to "pump you up" while flexing the delts of their bulbous foam rubber muscle suits?—Walter Kirn
Walter KirnExamples of delt in a Sentence
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The Right to Bare Arms Glorious biceps and delts reigned, not just to stay cool (literally and figuratively) but also to communicate themes.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2023
The dumbbell overhead press is a pushing exercise that primarily works your anterior deltoids, or anterior delts, which are your front shoulder muscles, Evan Williams, CSCS, CPT, founder of E2G Performance, tells SELF.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 5 Dec. 2023
Spending long periods of time working at a desk or hunched over a smartphone can cause your deltoids (also known as delts or shoulders) and lower back to round forward.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Oct. 2023
Heath starts off with face pulls to engage the rear delts.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
Working in this style minimizes rest breaks and ups the burn on the muscles—biceps, triceps, rear delts, and shoulders.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
Hemsworth follows this with a tri-set of renegade rows, which torch the core as well as the back and triceps, dumbbell lateral raises to build the delts in the shoulders, and triceps pushdowns, an old-school bodybuilding move which isolates the tris for maximum growth.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
Head Up for Shoulder Size Schwarzenegger loves hitting the rear delt fly machine, and for good reason: Rear delt development is one of the keys to a complete physique.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 18 July 2023
This is a delt move at heart, but your traps assist in raising the weight and act as stabilizers.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 21 June 2023
Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2023
The dumbbell overhead press is a pushing exercise that primarily works your anterior deltoids, or anterior delts, which are your front shoulder muscles, Evan Williams, CSCS, CPT, founder of E2G Performance, tells SELF.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 5 Dec. 2023
Spending long periods of time working at a desk or hunched over a smartphone can cause your deltoids (also known as delts or shoulders) and lower back to round forward.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Oct. 2023
Heath starts off with face pulls to engage the rear delts.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
Working in this style minimizes rest breaks and ups the burn on the muscles—biceps, triceps, rear delts, and shoulders.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
Hemsworth follows this with a tri-set of renegade rows, which torch the core as well as the back and triceps, dumbbell lateral raises to build the delts in the shoulders, and triceps pushdowns, an old-school bodybuilding move which isolates the tris for maximum growth.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
Head Up for Shoulder Size Schwarzenegger loves hitting the rear delt fly machine, and for good reason: Rear delt development is one of the keys to a complete physique.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 18 July 2023
This is a delt move at heart, but your traps assist in raising the weight and act as stabilizers.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 21 June 2023
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“Delt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delt. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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