Dumbbell Lateral Raises

How to do it

1. Stand with a dumbbell in each hand at your sides, palms facing your thighs.
2. Soften your elbows and keep that angle fixed for the whole set.
3. Raise both arms out to the sides until they reach shoulder height - no higher.
4. Lead with your elbows, not your hands, and keep your wrists level with your elbows.
5. Lower slowly. If you have to swing to start the rep, drop the weight - this muscle responds to control, not load.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

Other ways to train this

• Cable Lateral Raises Cable machine
• Seated Lateral Raises DumbbellsBench
• One-Arm Lateral Raises Dumbbells
• Machine Lateral Raises Machines
• Band Lateral Raises Resistance bands
• Barbell Upright Row BarbellIntermediate
• Plate Lateral Raise Barbell

Photos and form cues from free-exercise-db, released into the public domain.