Underhand-grip Rear Lateral Raise
- Primary muscles
- Shoulders
- Secondary muscles
- Upper back
- Equipment
- Other
- Movement pattern
- None
Steps
- 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.
