Standing Low-Pulley Deltoid Raise

What it is

This isolation movement targets your shoulder muscles using a cable machine. You perform a controlled raise of a single handle across your body to shoulder height. It specifically works your deltoids and engages your forearms as secondary muscles.

Technique tips

• Stand tall with your back straight and feet shoulder-width apart.
• Use your free hand to grip the machine for better stability.
• Exhale as you smoothly lift the handle to shoulder height.
• Briefly pause at the top to enhance muscle contraction.
• Control the handle's descent slowly, inhaling as you return.
• Remember to complete reps on both sides for balanced development.

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.