Exercises / Shoulders / Dumbbell Incline Raise
Dumbbell Incline Raise
Dumbbell Incline Raise: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: dumbbell.
- Equipmentdumbbell
- Body partshoulders
- Primary muscles
- delts, trapezius
- Secondary muscles
- triceps
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How to do it
- Sit on an incline bench with a dumbbell in each hand, resting on your thighs.
- Lean back on the bench and raise the dumbbells to shoulder height, palms facing forward.
- Keeping your back against the bench, exhale and raise the dumbbells above your head, fully extending your arms.
- Pause for a moment at the top, then inhale and slowly lower the dumbbells back to shoulder height.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.