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Front Dumbbell Raise

ShouldersDumbbellBeginnerIsolation
Front Dumbbell Raise — start position
Start
Front Dumbbell Raise — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryShoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    Pick a couple of dumbbells and stand with a straight torso and the dumbbells on front of your thighs at arms length with the palms of the hand facing your thighs. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    While maintaining the torso stationary (no swinging), lift the left dumbbell to the front with a slight bend on the elbow and the palms of the hands always facing down. Continue to go up until you arm is slightly above parallel to the floor. Exhale as you execute this portion of the movement and pause for a second at the top. Inhale after the second pause.

  3. 03

    Now lower the dumbbell back down slowly to the starting position as you simultaneously lift the right dumbbell.

  4. 04

    Continue alternating in this fashion until all of the recommended amount of repetitions have been performed for each arm.

In the app

Front Dumbbell Raise appears when you own dumbbells and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have dumbbells

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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