Shoulders · Other · Isolation · Intermediate
Front Plate Raise
Primary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
How to do it
- While standing straight, hold a barbell plate in both hands at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions. Your palms should be facing each other and your arms should be extended and locked with a slight bend at the elbows and the plate should be down near your waist in front of you as far as you can go. Tip: The arms will remain in this position throughout the exercise. This will be your starting position.
- Slowly raise the plate as you exhale until it is a little above shoulder level. Hold the contraction for a second. Tip: make sure that you do not swing the weight or bend at the elbows. Your torso should remain stationary throughout the movement as well.
- As you inhale, slowly lower the plate back down to the starting position.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the shoulders as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other shoulder exercises
- Front Cable Raise · Cable
- Front Dumbbell Raise · Dumbbell
- Front Incline Dumbbell Raise · Dumbbell
- Front Two-Dumbbell Raise · Dumbbell
- Handstand Push-Ups · Bodyweight
- Internal Rotation with Band · Bands
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