Exercise Form - Delts

If you aren't stressing the muscle, you're wasting your time

Delt (shoulder) exercise guide

Medial (side) delts Posterior (rear) delts Anterior (front) delts

Delt DB Lateral raise

Tips:

Slight bend in elbows
Palms facing in to quads
Slight lean forward at your hips
Use your delts to steadily raise the DB
Keep palms facing down
Stop at the "T" position (don't go too high)
Lower the DB with your delts (don't let them drop)
Stop outside the quads (don't bring the DB together - use delts to CONTROL the DB

Delt cable laterala raise

Tips:

Set the cable at knee height (note the image is wrong)
start with your hand outside your quad - palm facing in to quad
raise the arm out to the side, just short of the "T" position
Lower the cable and stop outside the quad (not the image is wrong - he is l losing the load)
Stop outside the quads (don't bring the DB together - use delts to CONTROL the DB

Delt lateral raise - machine

Tips:

IMPORTANT
Adjust the seat so your shoulders in line with the pivot of the machine - do a test run with no weight to ensure the pads do not roll up your arms)
gradually lift the pads out to the side, up to the "T" position (note he is going a bit high in the image - it can hurt the sub-acromial bursa and/or supraspinatus)
Lower the pads - CONTROL them with your delts and stop just outside your body

Delt Front raise - cable

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