3 Essential Lateral-Raise Variations

I've already written an article called "The Only Dumbbell Lateral Raise Article You Need." What more could I possible have to say about this movement? Plenty.

As I said in that article, lateral-raise variations are essential for shoulders that are strong, healthy, and pain free. Plenty of people manage one of those standards at a time, but achieving all three is far more rare, even though it should be the goal for all of us in the gym.

You can go a long way with nothing more than dumbbell raises and the supersets I offered up in my last article. But when you're ready for a new brutal form of the same old pump, try these three variations.

Variation 1: The Six-Way Dumbbell Raise

Effective shoulder training targets multiple aspects of the deltoid from different angles and movement patterns. Take this six-way shoulder exercise as a prime example of moving through all three planes of motion (sagittal, frontal, transverse) in every single rep. But be careful, this...

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