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In a new video on the Athlean-X channel, strength coach Jeff Cavaliere C.S.C.S. shows four different variations of the lateral raise to help you build your shoulders.
The classic straight-armed version is used. He says you’re going to have to use a lighter weight to start. The weight in your hand is going to have to decrease if you want to handle it. The point is to make sure the muscle is under enough tension, and a heavier weight isn’t needed.
The move is at its most difficult in the upper part of the lift, and that a weight which makes you work hard at the top is probably going to be too easy on the lower part. The range of motion should be limited to the upper half of the exercise. “This is going to remain challenging no matter what weight you put in your hand,” he says, adding that you can introduce one-and-a-half style reps.
He is going to demonstrate the benefits of doing this raise with a bent arm. Adding on an extra half of the weight you were using for the straight arm version is what he suggests.
He says you’re going to want to keep that weight in line with your torso. Keep that dumbbell in line with the body by keeping your elbow behind you. The adaptation was done by increasing the dumbbell weight to keep the tension high.
He put down the dumbbell and focused on the cable raise. If you want to get a good amount of tension from the very start, make sure the cable is at a right angle to your forearm.
The bent arm variation of the cable raise allows you to maintain the right angle tension throughout the range of motion. “Not only can I bring it across my body to get more of a stretch at the beginning, but now when I come up to the top, the lever arm is now existing in this plane that was not there when we were straight,” he said. ThisVariation allows you to load up the lift more heavily, and slow down the negatives on each rep to maximize time under tension.
Philip Ellis is a writer and journalist based in the UK. His work has been published in magazines.
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