The Cable Front Raise

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Building a strong pair of shoulders is important to limit your chance of injury.

This post is going to cover another exercise that will help you to strengthen your shoulders.

Read on to learn how to perform the Cable Front Raise with a step by step description with video and image demonstrations.

The difficulty rating of the exercise, the equipment you will need, muscles worked, and the benefits to including it into your training routine.

We will also include some training tips to help you when performing the exercise, and some different variations you can use.

Cable Front Raises are a strength training isolation exercise that targets your shoulders.

Cable Front Raise How to Guide

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Step by Step Description

Step 1: Lower the pulley system to the bottom position. Grab the hand cable attachment.

Step 2: Stand with your body facing away from the pulley. Have your arm fully extended in front of your thigh. Have the palm of your hand facing towards your body.

You are now in the starting position to perform this exercise.

Step 3: Keep your body stationary and exhale as you lift your arm holding the pulley handle to the front of you. Keep a slight bend in your elbow while lifting. The palm of your hand should be facing towards the floor. Continue raising your arm until it is just slightly past parallel to the floor. Pause for one to two seconds when your arm is at the top.

Step 4: Breathe in as you lower your arm in a slow and controlled movement until your arm is back to the starting position.

Step 5: Repeat for the desired number of repetitions. Once completed switch hands and repeated with the other arm.

Difficulty Level

This Strength Training exercise has a difficulty level of Easy/Beginner. This makes it perfect for lifters of all different levels.

Equipment Required

If you have a gym membership or home gym, you will need a cable system to perform this exercise.

If you do not have a cable system or cannot afford one you can use a Dumbbell, Kettlebell or barbell variation instead.

Muscles Worked

The different muscles that get worked by this exercise are your Deltoids, Upper Chest, and your Traps.

The primary focus is on the anterior head of your shoulder.

Benefits

It is very simple to learn.

According to Dorian Yates, this is the best exercise to isolate the anterior deltoid head. He is a 6-time Mr. Olympia winner if you are not familiar with him, and he knows first hand how to develop massive muscular shoulders.

It helps you to strengthen your shoulder joint improving its stability and reducing your chance of receiving an injury.

This exercise will work smaller stabilizing muscles in your shoulder better than heavier compound lifts like shoulder presses can.

The added strength to these stabalizing muscles improves your pressing capabilities on compound lifts.

• Training Tips

• Your torso is to remain stationary throughout the movement. Do not allow your body to swing.
• Use a slow and controlled movement. You should squeze and create a strong contraction in your shoulder. Do not use momentum to help you move the weight.
• Forcefully flex your abdominals. Doing this will aid in preventing your upper body swaying backward when you are raising the weight.
• Keep your head upright looking forward.

Variations of the Cable Front Raise

If you do not have access to a gym or pulley system, the exercise can get performed with a dumbbell or an exercise band.

Inclosing

Building a strong pair of shoulders is important. It helps to reduce your chances of injury and displays strength.

By using the Cable Front Raise, you can make a pair of good strong shoulders.

The Front Raise is an isolation exercise under the Pressing category.

Include it in your training routine one to two times a week to get the maximal benefits this exercise has to offer.

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