Shoulders · Dumbbell · Isolation · Intermediate
Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head
Primary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
How to do it
- Hold the dumbbells in front of your thighs, palms facing your thighs.
- Keep your arms straight with a slight bend at the elbows but keep them locked. This will be your starting position.
- Raise the dumbbells in a semicircular motion to arm's length overhead as you exhale.
- Slowly return to the starting position using the same path as you inhale.
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
- Standing Barbell Press Behind Neck · Barbell
- Standing Bradford Press · Barbell
- Standing Dumbbell Press · Dumbbell
- Standing Front Barbell Raise Over Head · Barbell
- Standing Low-Pulley Deltoid Raise · Cable
- Standing Military Press · Barbell
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