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Side Lateral Raise

ShouldersDumbbellBeginnerIsolation
Side Lateral Raise — start position
Start
Side Lateral 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 by your side at arms length with the palms of the hand facing you. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    While maintaining the torso in a stationary position (no swinging), lift the dumbbells to your side with a slight bend on the elbow and the hands slightly tilted forward as if pouring water in a glass. Continue to go up until you arms are parallel to the floor. Exhale as you execute this movement and pause for a second at the top.

  3. 03

    Lower the dumbbells back down slowly to the starting position as you inhale.

  4. 04

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Side Lateral 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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