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Exercise overview
Training details
ShouldersUpper Back
Equipment
Dumbbell
Sets × reps
3 × 8
Rest
1 min 15 sec
How to perform it
Step-by-step instructions
- 01Stand tall with light dumbbells at your sides, soft elbows, and your trunk braced.
- 02Raise both dumbbells forward to about shoulder height, then lower them slowly.
- 03Raise the dumbbells out to the sides to about shoulder height, then return with control.
- 04Hinge slightly and lift the dumbbells in a rear-delt fly path, then lower them.
- 05Treat the three raises as one sequence and avoid shrugging, swinging, or using momentum.
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