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lateral raise
noun
A shoulder exercise in which the arm is raised and lowered against resistance, such as through use of a dumbbell, cable, or resistance band.
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Just as with the upright row, poor form in the lateral raise can lead to impingement.
The same rule holds for another popular exercise called the lateral raise, which develops the medial deltoids.
Experimental data of the joint torques for two healthy subjects for shoulder abduction adduction, flexion extension, and elbow flexion extension exercises with the exoskeleton were compared to measurements obtained from the upper limb dumbbell lateral raise, the dumbbell frontal raise, and the dumbbell curl exercises.
It's a different story with an exercise like the dumbbell lateral raise.
This "length-dependent component" is one of the reasons why the bench press (high levels of muscle activation at a long muscle length) leaves your chest feeling sore the next day, while the lateral raise (high levels of muscle activation at a short muscle length) doesn't do the same thing for your delts.
This exercise is also known as "lateral raise" and it effectively targets most neck/shoulder muscles [ 31, 32].
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Trainers suggest one specific exercise for that: lateral raises.
Now grab the dumbbells again and do a set of lateral raises, and do at least 8 reps.
Have you ever been just into your first set of lateral raises and felt a pinching feeling?
Supersets with standing Dumbbell presses alternating with standing lateral raises works extremely well and gives your delts a very good pump.
Scaption Raises: I prefer these to lateral raises, as the angle of your humerus when your palms are facing inward creates a better path of movement for your shoulder joint.
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