Dumbbell Front Raise
Coached by JustinAlso called: Front Raise · DB Front Raise
- Primary
- shoulders
- Equipment
- dumbbell
- Mechanic
- isolation
- Force
- push
- Category
- strength
Combination (front delt) — additional.
Execution
Raise to about shoulder height under control, no swing. Front delts already get hammered on Chest and Shoulder pressing, so this is targeted touch-up volume, not a heavy movement. You get a lot of front delt activation with incline and any chest press. As a general rule, if one exercise is harder, gets you more out of breath and lets you use more weight, there's a reason for that: it's activating more muscle tissue.
The cue that matters
Do not swing these. Past about 70 lb you physically can't contract the front delt hard enough to *control* the weight unless you're pressing 200s overhead — so above that, you're swinging it up with the traps and momentum.
Common mistake
Going heavy and using a hip-and-shoulder heave; you've stolen the stimulus from the muscle you're trying to build. If you're trying to create tension on that muscle, the correct form is whatever puts tension on that muscle — that's what you need to be focused on. That's different from training for a movement, where the form is whatever keeps you inside the rules.
Power Bodybuilding Bro Split — Day 3 (Shoulders).