Front Raise
Muscles worked: Front delts.
How to do it
- Pick a couple of dumbbells and stand with a straight torso and the dumbbells on front of your thighs at arms length with the palms of the hand facing your thighs.
- While maintaining the torso stationary (no swinging), lift the left dumbbell to the front with a slight bend on the elbow and the palms of the hands always facing down.
- Now lower the dumbbell back down slowly to the starting position as you simultaneously lift the right dumbbell.
- Continue alternating in this fashion until all of the recommended amount of repetitions have been performed for each arm.
Coaching cues
The two cues IronPack shows on this exercise's card mid-workout:
- Lift to eye height, no higher
- No body english - strict and smooth
Logging it
IronPack suggests working in the 10 to 15 rep range, progressing in 1 kg jumps when you own the top of the range. Records are tracked automatically at every rep count from 1 to 12. Check your estimated 1RM from any hard set.
Related exercises
- Overhead Press - front delts
- Seated DB Shoulder Press - front delts
- Machine Shoulder Press - front delts
- Smith Machine Shoulder Press - front delts
Track the front raise properly
IronPack logs every set, tracks your records at every rep count, shows these form photos mid-workout, and turns the training into a card game you play with your mates.
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Photos and steps: free-exercise-db (public domain). Cues, muscle weighting and logging guidance are IronPack's own app data. Last generated 2026-07-17.