Lateral Raise

step by step guide:

  1. Stand with your feet around hip width apart with a dumbbell in each hand and your palms facing inward towards your legs.

  2. Slightly bend your elbows and raise the dumbbells up directly out to the side until your arms are parallel with the ground, then return down to the start position.

Common mistakes:

  1. Keeping your arms straight. This takes some of the tension off of the shoulders and puts it on the elbow joint.

  2. Rotating your arms and dropping your elbows as you get tired. Think about keeping the elbows pointed directly behind you. Don’t let those elbows drop!