Isolation · Beginner
Cable Lateral Raise
Isolation isolation exercise using cable.
- Movement pattern
- Isolation
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Equipment
- Cable
- Mechanics
- Isolation
- Sides
- Unilateral
- Main plane
- Frontal
How to do the Cable Lateral Raise
Setup
Stand sideways to a low pulley, handle in the hand farthest from the machine, arm at your side with a slight elbow bend.
Raise your arm out to the side until it's roughly parallel to the floor, leading with your elbow.
The cable keeps tension on the deltoid through the whole range, including the bottom -- control the descent instead of letting the weight stack drop you back down.
Keep the load light; the same shoulder-impingement caution from free-weight lateral raises applies here too.
Common mistakes
Letting the cable yank your arm back down at the bottom instead of controlling the full range.
Turning toward the machine to use body momentum instead of isolating the movement at the shoulder.
Muscles worked
Primary
How the knowledge graph models this movement
Shoulder abduction
Scapula elevation