Front Cable Raise

What it is

This isolation movement builds strength in your anterior deltoids, which are the front muscles of your shoulders. You perform it using a cable machine to lift a light weight directly in front of you. This exercise is effective for developing shoulder definition.

Technique tips

• Stand facing away from the cable machine with your arm straight down.
• Keep your core engaged to prevent your torso from swinging.
• Maintain a slight bend in your elbow throughout the lift.
• Lift the cable just above parallel to the floor, then lower slowly.
• Control the weight on both the upward and downward phases.
• Exhale as you lift the weight; inhale as you lower it.

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.