alternating deltoid raise

Description:

The alternating deltoid raise targets the shoulders, specifically the lateral deltoid muscles. This exercise helps develop the shoulder width, improving strength and stability. By alternating each side, this exercise is usually performed with dumbbells but you can also use cables. It's a great exercise that isolates the shoulders.

How to Perform the Exercise:

• 1. stand with your feet roughly shoulder witdth apart and hold each dumbbell in your arms by your side with your pams facing inward
• 2. Raise your right arm to the side but keep a slight bend in the elbow
• 3. Lift your arm until it is roughly parallel to the floor
• 4. (STEP 3)

Body Part Used:

shoulders

Equipment Required:

dumbbells

Primary Muscles Used:

lateral deltoid

Secondary Muscles Used:

anterior deltoid, trapezius

Alternate Exercises:

front deltoid raise, seated alternating deltoid raise, cable later raise

Form Tips:

ensure you have a slight bend in your elbows so you don't add stress to the joints, keep your torso upright and don't sway, control the weight during the movement and don't swing with your body, raise your arms only to shoulder height so you're not adding strain to the shoulders

Common Mistakes When Performning:

using too much weight and swinging the dumbbells instead of moving in a controlled manner, raising the arms too high and adding excessive strain to the shoulder joints, locking out the elbos or keeping the arms too straight, leaning ot moving the torso to help lift the weights