Lateral Raise

Teaching points

• Position yourself with a wide stance and knees slightly bent
• Hold a dumbbell in each hand with the arms straight by your sides and palms facing inwards
• Lift your arms out to the sides, maintaining a small bend in the elbow until the hands reach shoulder level
• Return the arms back to the starting position, maintaining control throughout

Variations & progressions

• Bend the elbows to a right angle to make the exercise a little easier

Muscles worked

• Middle fibres of Deltoid
• Trapezius

Alternative exercises

• Lateral Raise with a resistance band
• Shoulder Press
• Front Raise

Related injuries

• Shoulder Impingement
• Dislocated Shoulder