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Lateral Raise Dumbbell

Muscles worked

  • Side Shoulder

Equipment

Dumbbells
Dumbbells

Form Cues

  • Stand upright with a slight forward lean, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides

  • Depress your shoulders down and away from your ears before starting

  • With a slight bend in the elbows, raise both arms out to the sides until they reach shoulder height

  • Tilt the dumbbells slightly so your pinkies are a touch higher than your thumbs (pouring water cue)

  • Pause briefly at the top, then lower the weights back down over 2-3 seconds with control

  • Keep your torso still throughout — avoid swinging or using momentum

  • Focus on feeling the lateral deltoid doing the work, not the traps

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