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Lateral Raise

The side-delt isolation — raise light dumbbells out to the sides until the arms are level with the shoulders.

  • Category: Main circuit
  • Type: Free-weight lateral raise (dumbbells)
  • Targets: Side delts
  • Prescription: 3 × 1215, light

Setup

Stand tall with light dumbbells at your sides, a slight fixed bend in the elbows, shoulders relaxed down.

Execution

  1. Raise both arms out to the sides, leading with the elbows.
  2. Stop at shoulder height — arms level, pinkies no higher than thumbs.
  3. Lower slowly back to the sides.

Cues

  • Pour-the-jug: elbows stay just above the hands.
  • Shoulders stay down away from the ears — no shrugging.
  • The weights float up; the trunk never sways.

Common Mistakes

  • Going too heavy and swinging the weights up.
  • Shrugging the traps into the raise.
  • Raising past shoulder height.

Progression

More reps before more weight; slow negatives and pauses at the top beat bigger dumbbells here.