Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / shoulders
Cable lateral raise
Cable set low, working arm slightly in front of body.
Muscles
- Primary
- side delts
- Supporting
- None listed
Mechanics
- Pattern
- shoulder isolation
- Equipment
- cable
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Side delt lifts the arm without traps taking over.
- Progression
- Add reps and pauses before stack weight.
- Regression
- Use lighter load and stop before trap compensation.
Watch for
- Shrugging
- Swinging through the bottom
Substitutions
- Dumbbell lateral raise
- Machine lateral raise
- Lean-away cable lateral