Underhand-grip Rear Lateral Raise
Muscle Groups: Shoulders, Traps
Underhand-grip Rear Lateral Raise focuses on Shoulders, Traps.
How to Perform
Follow these step-by-step instructions to perform Underhand-grip Rear Lateral Raise with proper form and technique.
- 1
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand with an underhand grip (palms facing forward).
- 2
Hinge forward at your hips, keeping a slight bend in your knees and your back straight, until your torso is nearly parallel to the floor.
- 3
Let the dumbbells hang straight down from your shoulders, with your arms mostly extended but a slight bend in your elbows.
- 4
Keeping your torso still, raise the dumbbells out to the sides in an arc, squeezing your shoulder blades together at the top of the movement.
- 5
Continue raising until your arms are roughly parallel to the floor, or slightly above, with your pinkies pointing towards the ceiling.
- 6
Slowly lower the dumbbells back to the starting position with control, reversing the arc.
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