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Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head

ShouldersDumbbellIntermediateIsolation
Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head — start position
Start
Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryShoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    Hold the dumbbells in front of your thighs, palms facing your thighs.

  2. 02

    Keep your arms straight with a slight bend at the elbows but keep them locked. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Raise the dumbbells in a semicircular motion to arm's length overhead as you exhale.

  4. 04

    Slowly return to the starting position using the same path as you inhale.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head 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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