Incline Bench Lateral Raises

Muscles Worked: Rear Deltoids

Spotter Required: No

Minimum Equipment required: Standard adjustable dumbbells

The Best Equipment to Use: Fixed or Olympic dumbbells

Warming up: To warm up, perform 1 set of 15 - 20 repetitions of the exercise with minimal weight.

How often should I perform this exercise: Incline bench lateral raises are a great workout for isolating the rear deltoids and can be performed with every shoulder workout, to keep your body guessing mix this with a similar rear deltoid exercise such as Bent over lateral raises.

When should I perform this exercise: I personally perform my rear deltoid exercise at the end of my shoulder workout, but they can be performed at any time.

How to do the exercise: Set the bench to incline at about 45 – 50 degrees, lay your chest against the incline pad and place your feet firmly on the floor, hold a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing inwards with your arms directly below your shoulders.

Keeping your head neutral with your spine begin to lift the weights up and out to each side until your arms are parallel to the floor, hold for ½ a second and return back down to the start position.

Mentality: I find this exercise hard and you will probably find as you get tired you wont be able to lift the weights up parallel with the floor. Really concentrate on this exercise to ensure you bring the weight parallel each time, if you cant manage this, simply lower the weight.

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