I believe many people are familiar with the dumbbell lateral raise. Of course, there are many benefits to the dumbbell lateral raise, but there are also benefits to the dumbbell lateral raise. There are many people who are very particular about what muscles are trained by dumbbell lateral raises. So, what muscles do dumbbell lateral raises work? How to do dumbbell lateral raises? Let’s take a look below!
What muscles are trained with dumbbell lateral raises
The main training part of the dumbbell lateral raise is the deltoid muscle, and it has the advantage that it does not exercise other parts and is not easy to use force. It mainly exercises the deltoid muscle that ends at the humerus. We also all know that when lifting heavy objects, the deltoid muscles actually move accurately on various planes. Therefore, through the exercise of our sport, the deltoid muscles can be trained to look better.
How to practice dumbbell lateral raises
1. First, choose a dumbbell of appropriate weight (usually within 2kg-10kg can meet the needs of most people). Keep your feet slightly narrower than your shoulders, keep your chest straight and your back, and hold the dumbbells with both hands on both sides of your body. And secure your wrist.
2. Keep your knees slightly bent and tighten your core, keeping your arms slightly forward and your elbows slightly bent at a fixed angle (about 150 degrees).
3. Then use your shoulder strength to slowly lift your upper arms up to the same height or slightly lower than your shoulders. Pay attention to feeling the tension in the middle deltoid muscles, and then lower the dumbbells slowly and under control without letting the dumbbells touch your body. Then lift the dumbbells again and proceed in sequence.
4. If you can't find the feeling of exerting force in this movement, please move your attention to your elbow and imagine that your elbow drives your upper arm. It's a bit similar to the butterfly machine chest clamp, but the former has the elbows turned outwards, while the latter has the elbows clamped inward.