The dumbbell upright row is perhaps one of the most neglected shoulder movements when the task at hand is developing boulder shoulders. Everyone knows pressing overhead and lifting laterally and to the front. But do you pull laterally? Likely not. This however is an exercise that is done commonly wrong. So let's pay close attention to the exercise execution.
execution
- 1Grab a pair of dumbbells (not too heavy)
- 2Stand with feet at shoulder width, knees slightly bent, torso slightly bent over
- 3Keep the dumbbells in front of the legs
- 4Hands face your legs but are diagonally placed
- 5Bend elbows slightly
- 6Raise the dumbbells up, initiating the movement with your deltoids
- 7Contract the delts up top and go back down slowly
- 8Keep the elbows above the wrists at all times
- 9After completing 10-12 repetitions, drop the weight 30% and complete another set with the same number of repetitions
