Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise

How to perform

1. 01Sit on an Incline Bench while holding a dumbbell on each hand on top of your thighs.
2. 02Lift your legs up to kick the weights to your shoulders and lean back. Position the dumbbells above your shoulders with your arms extended. The arms should be perpendicular to the floor with your palms facing forward and knuckles pointing towards the ceiling. This will be your starting position.
3. 03While keeping the arms straight and locked, lift the dumbbells by raising the shoulders from the bench as you breathe out.
4. 04Bring back the dumbbells to the starting position as you breathe in.
5. 05Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Form cues

• —Drive through the full range — do not cut the lockout short.
• —Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

• —Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
• —Cutting the range of motion short to add load.