Powell Raise
Lie on your side on a bench or the floor with a light dumbbell in your top hand, arm relaxed across or in front of your body. Keeping a slight bend in the elbow, raise the dumbbell up and back in an arc until it points toward the ceiling, leading with the rear and side of the shoulder. This angle biases the posterior and lateral deltoid rather than the front. Lower slowly under full control along the same arc and switch sides after completing your reps.
How it is executed
- Lie on your side on a bench or the floor with a light dumbbell in your top hand, arm relaxed across or in front of your body.
- Keeping a slight bend in the elbow, raise the dumbbell up and back in an arc until it points toward the ceiling, leading with the rear and side of the shoulder.
- This angle biases the posterior and lateral deltoid rather than the front.
- Lower slowly under full control along the same arc and switch sides after completing your reps.
- Muscles worked
- Shoulders
- Primary muscle
- Rear delt
- Equipment
- Dumbbell
- Movement pattern
- Push
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- What it is for
- Strength · Hypertrophy
