Lying Barbell Raise

Lying Barbell Raise Instructions

• Lay back down on the floor with a barbell resting on your thighs and
• Hold the bar with an overhand grip at about shoulder-width.
• Elbows are slightly bent.
• Activating your delts, raise the barbell in a semicircle motion slowly until it is positioned above your face.
• Your arms are a lever for your delts. Don't use momentum or other musculature to complete the exercise.
• Don't shrug your shoulders as you raise the bar. 
• Slowly lower the bar on the same semicircular path to the starting position.
• Don't drop the bar from the top or lower it directly down.

*Tips*

• Use a lighter weight for this movement. It is meant to activate the delts.
• Don't press the weight up as you fatigue.
• Don't raise the bar behind your face.