Front Raises

Front Raises

Stand with your feet slightly apart. Hold the dumbbells with your palms down (overhand grip), resting the dumbbells on your thighs or slightly to your sides:

- Inhale and alternate sides, raising the dumbbells forward to shoulder height

- Exhale as you complete movement

This exercise places primary emphasis on the anterior deltoids and upper pectorals and, to a lesser extent, on the middle deltoids. Every arm raise exercise also involves the muscles that attach the scapulae (shoulder blades) to the rib cage, such as the seratus anterior and rhomboids (which stabilize the humerus in its movements).