How to Do the Front Plate Raise

Intermediate · Other · Targets Shoulders

Front Plate Raise demonstration
💪 Shoulders🏋️ Other📊 Intermediate🏷️ Strength

How to perform it

  1. While standing straight, hold a barbell plate in both hands at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions. Your palms should be facing each other and your arms should be extended and locked with a slight bend at the elbows and the plate should be down near your waist in front of you as far as you can go. Tip: The arms will remain in this position throughout the exercise. This will be your starting position.
  2. Slowly raise the plate as you exhale until it is a little above shoulder level. Hold the contraction for a second. Tip: make sure that you do not swing the weight or bend at the elbows. Your torso should remain stationary throughout the movement as well.
  3. As you inhale, slowly lower the plate back down to the starting position.
  4. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

The Front Plate Raise primarily targets your Shoulders. You'll need other.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Front Plate 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.