Execution
How to do it
- 01
Stand holding a dumbbell in each hand alongside your thighs, palms facing your body, elbows slightly bent.
- 02
Brace your abs, shoulders down and back.
- 03
Raise your arms out to the sides up to shoulder height, elbows slightly ahead of your wrists.
- 04
Lower slowly, without arching your lower back.
Common mistake
Shrugging your shoulders or using momentum from your torso.
Sources: ACE — Lateral Raise. These cues do not replace a professional if you have pain or are in rehabilitation.
The decision
When this movement makes sense
They add isolated shoulder work when both loads and the budget really exist.
When this changes
In a short workout or with a single dumbbell, they do not take the place of a main push just to fill the plan artificially.
Real requirements
Configurations kept genuinely separate
Two matching fixed dumbbells
10–15 repetitions- Equipment
- Two matching fixed dumbbells
- Supports and space
- No additional support declared
- Setup
- 30 s
- Planned work
- 40 s
- Planned rest
- 60 s
- Planned sets
- 1–3
- Complete budget
- 90–290 s
Two adjustable dumbbells
10–15 repetitions- Equipment
- Two adjustable dumbbells
- Supports and space
- No additional support declared
- Setup
- 45 s
- Planned work
- 40 s
- Planned rest
- 60 s
- Planned sets
- 1–3
- Complete budget
- 110–310 s