MY FAVORITE SHOULDER EXERCISE

PHYSICAL FITNESS

Stand tall with a dumbbell in each hand, arms fully extended at your sides, and palms facing your body. Keep a slight bend in your elbows and your feet about hip-width apart.
Engage your core, keep your chest up, and maintain a slight forward lean from the hips. Your shoulders should be relaxed, not shrugged.
Raise the dumbbells out to the sides in a controlled motion, leading with your elbows. Keep your arms slightly bent and lift until your hands are roughly at shoulder height.
Pause briefly at the top and feel the tension in your side delts—avoid swinging or using momentum to get the weights up.
Lower the dumbbells back down slowly and under control, keeping tension in your shoulders the entire way.
Repeat for your desired number of reps, focusing on clean, steady movement and not letting the weights rest at the bottom between reps.