One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise

How to do the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise

1. Lie down sideways on an incline bench press with a dumbbell in the hand. Make sure the shoulder is pressing against the incline bench and the arm is lying across your body with the palm around your navel.
2. Hold a dumbbell in your uppermost arm while keeping it extended in front of you parallel to the floor. This is your starting position.
3. While keeping the dumbbell parallel to the floor at all times, perform a lateral raise. Your arm should travel straight up until it is pointing at the ceiling. Tip: Exhale as you perform this movement. Hold the dumbbell in the position and feel the contraction in the shoulders for a second.
4. While inhaling lower the weight across your body back into the starting position.
5. Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
6. Switch arms and repeat the movement.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	shoulders
Equipment	dumbbell
Difficulty	beginner
Type	isolation

No dumbbell? Train the same muscles with these

Ordered by how likely you are to own the 6 options.

Lateral Raise - With Bands Resistance Bands Handstand Push-Ups Bodyweight Shoulder Press - With Bands Resistance Bands Band Pull Apart Resistance Bands Internal Rotation with Band Resistance Bands Alternating Kettlebell Press Kettlebell

Harder than the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise

Push Press expert · Barbell Clean and Jerk expert · Barbell Circus Bell expert · Other Equipment

Superset the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise with

Opposing middle back work — alternate sets without extra rest.

Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Row middle back Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Row With Palms In middle back Dumbbell Incline Row middle back One-Arm Dumbbell Row middle back

Common questions

What muscles does the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise work?

The One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise primarily works the shoulders. Alternating Deltoid Raise, Car Drivers, and Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise train the same muscle, across 9 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise?

Dumbbells. Without dumbbells, Lateral Raise - With Bands, Handstand Push-Ups, and Shoulder Press - With Bands train the same muscle, and 10 of the catalogue's options for this muscle need no equipment.

Is the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise suitable for beginners?

Yes, the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise is rated beginner. Push Press, Clean and Jerk, and Circus Bell are the progressions from here.

Where should the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise go in a workout?

Late — the One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise is isolation work, so it follows your compounds. Supersetting it with Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Row and Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Row With Palms In cuts session time without extra rest.

Similar exercises

Alternating Deltoid Raise Dumbbell Car Drivers Barbell Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise Dumbbell Dumbbell Scaption Dumbbell Front Cable Raise Cable Machine Front Dumbbell Raise Dumbbell