Car Drivers

What it is

This shoulder isolation exercise challenges your rotational strength and endurance. You hold a barbell plate with outstretched arms and rotate it side to side, mimicking turning a steering wheel. It primarily targets your shoulders, with secondary work for your forearms.

Technique tips

• Start with your arms fully extended forward.
• Keep your core engaged for torso stability.
• Control the plate's rotation; avoid using momentum.
• Rotate through the fullest comfortable range of motion.
• Maintain a firm, consistent grip on the barbell plate.
• Breathe steadily throughout each repetition.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.