How to Do the Alternating Deltoid Raise

Beginner · Dumbbell · Targets Shoulders

Alternating Deltoid Raise demonstration
💪 Shoulders🏋️ Dumbbell📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength

How to perform it

  1. In a standing position, hold a pair of dumbbells at your side.
  2. Keeping your elbows slightly bent, raise the weights directly in front of you to shoulder height, avoiding any swinging or cheating.
  3. Return the weights to your side.
  4. On the next repetition, raise the weights laterally, raising them out to your side to about shoulder height.
  5. Return the weights to the starting position and continue alternating to the front and side.

Muscles worked

The Alternating Deltoid Raise primarily targets your Shoulders. You'll need dumbbell.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Alternating Deltoid Raise slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.