(Primary muscles: medial deltoids)

Sit upright with your elbows bent at 10 degrees and hold two fairly light dumbbells to that they are resting at your sides. Raise the DB’s outward to the sides and upward until they are slightly above shoulder level. Hold this peak contracted position before slowly lowering your arms back to the starting position.

Note: You can do this exercise with one arm at a time for variation.

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