Standing Dumbbell Lateral Raise

Muscle Used: Deltoids

How To Do It:

• Grab two dumbbells and stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
• Hold the dumbbells in front of your thighs with your palms facing in.
• Draw in the belly button and maintain proper posture throughout the entire exercise.
• While keeping your arms straight, lift the dumbbells outwards until your arms are perpendicular to your body.
• Slowly return the weight to the starting position.

How Many To Do:

• general fitness improvement: lift enough to reach muscle fatigue with 12-25 reps.  Complete 1-3 sets.
• muscle gain: lift enough to reach muscle fatigue with 6-15 reps.  Complete 1-3 sets.

Did You Know...?

• ever notice how a five pound dumbbell held close to the body feels lighter than if you hold it further away?  That's physics baby!  Holding a weight further away from the body increases the amount of the load.  So, if an exercise becomes difficult, pull the weight closer.  Don't do this with heavy weights.
• snap, crackle, pop... noises during an exercise may or may not be a problem.  However, pain during an exercise does!  If you hear or feel odd things during an exercise, change the angle slightly and see if it goes away.  If the problem doesn't go away or there's any pain, stop the exercise and talk to one of our fitness professionals for an assessment.

Additional Information:

To avoid reaching a plateau, change exercises every couple weeks. For other exercises and variations, ask a trainer in the club!

Our Personal Training staff can build a custom routine designed to help you reach your goals quickly and safely.