Rip Your Shoulders with Plate Raises
Here’s a shoulder exercise thats incredibly easy to do and that you’ll actually see and feel the results within hours of doing it.
Plate Raises train numerous upper-body muscles, but mostly effect your front shoulder muscles or anterior deltoids.
Doing Plate Raises often will help develop that muscle bulge on the front of your shoulder and will help add more depth to your collarbone area.
How To Do Plate Raises
Step 1
Grab a barbell plate with both hands like you would the steering wheel of a car. Stand with your feet about shoulder’s width apart and keep a slight bend in your knees and elbows.
Step 2
Raise the plate up to a height just above your shoulders (exhale). Hold the plate for a second to maximize muscle contraction, then slowly lower the plate back to the starting position (inhale). This motion should resemble a semi-circular arc.
Step 3
Repeat as desired. I usually do 3 sets of 12 reps using a 35 lb weight (3×12x35).
(photo from ironworkout.com)
If don’t have a set of barbell plates at your disposal, you can do Plate Raises with pretty much anything. You can use a dumbbell, a sandbag or even a rock, anything thats at least a foot wide and has a substantial amount of weight.
Try doing Plate Raises during your next shoulder workout, you won’t be disappointed.
Tags: Deltoid Muscle, Plate Raises, Shoulder Exercise, Shoulder Workout