The main disadvantage with dumbbell leaning lateral raises is there is very little tension on your muscles at the start of each rep. Also, the load increases as you raise your arm. Both of these become non-issues when you do leaning lateral raises with a cable machine. Leaning cable lateral...
Muscles Worked by the Lateral Raise The lateral raise is an isolation movement focusing on the lateral head of the deltoid, but other muscles also contribute to the exercise. In fact, no exercise can technically “isolate” a single muscle, it just emphasizes one. Here are all the muscles tr...
Muscles Worked Deltoid posterior The deltoid posterior is part of the three shoulder muscles and unlike the other two heads, it’s located on the rear side of the body. Because of its anatomical placement, the rear delt fibers allows us to draw the arms behind the body and pull the scapula...
Lateral raises may not look like they're doing much for your bod, but trust me—they do. They're an essential shoulder exercise that will amp up your strength and stability in a big way. The move targets mainly your deltoids (the triangular muscles on top of your shoulders) and will cr...
Lateral raises are a shoulder isolation exercise that involves moving the arms laterally away from the midline (abduction). [1] Unlike compound exercises, isolation movements target a single muscle group, allowing it to be worked close to failure to maximize gains. What Muscles Do Lateral Raises ...