Frontal shoulder raise
Main muscle worked: anterior deltoids, pectoralis major
These exercises particularly train front part of your shoulders. Please remember that front part of your shoulders work out more than you think with many other exercises. Therefore please avoid overtraining. You might add these exercises to your shoulders days if you have one. In addition, for shoulder exercises, pick light weight to avoid the risk of injury.
Dumbbell shoulder frontal raise
- Hold the dumbbells overhand and stand with your legs in shoulder-width apart as you keep your back straight.
- Raise your arms to the front up to your eye level.
- Lower your arms to the original position in a controlled movement
Perform 8-12 reps for 2-3 sets.
Dumbbell shoulder alternate frontal raise
- Hold the dumbbells overhand and stand with your legs in shoulder-width apart as you keep your back straight.
- Raise your single arm to the front up to your eye level.
- Lower your arm to the original position in a controlled movement. Alternate your arm and do the same.
Perform 8-12 reps each side for 2-3 sets.
For alternate frontal shoulder raise, make sure you keep your upper body straight by bracing your core. Remember, for single side exercise, you have to engage your core with unstable movement.
Dumbbell shoulder frontal raise + drive
- Hold the dumbbells and stand with your legs in shoulder-width apart as you keep your back straight. Raise the dumbbell to the front up to your eye level.
- Keep the dumbbell up at your eye level and rotate the dumbbell to one direction.
- Keep the dumbbell up at your eye level and rotate the dumbbell to the other direction.
Perform 8-12 reps for 2-3 sets.
For all the exercises above, make sure you drop the weight with controlled movement with muscular tension.