Due to my screwed up cuffs. I can't do lateral/side raises. I tried upright row, it doesn't feel right on my shoulders. I tried wide grip upright rows with an ezbar, grip slightly wider or just shoulder width and raise the bar up to my sternum. After a good 6-7 reps, my medial deltoids are burning.

It's one of the most comfortable shoulder exercise that I can do without any type of discomfort. I've read some threads on BB.com and watched some videos about upright rows, mostly said it's dangerous and that wide grip is the safer way to go. At least for me.

I think different people different body mechanics. I determined my width by testing with an empty barbell and felt that the straight grip nature of the bar is hurtin my wrist. I then tried the movement again on an ezbar with 5kgs each side. Tried a few gripping width, once I found the sweet spot, I slowly add more plates.

This post has been edited by GameFr3ak: Oct 8 2013, 06:57 PM

Aight, almost 1 year in, got a question bout lateral raises. When you guys do it, do you feel the tension on them tendons or joints?

I was doing 8kg for 12 strict form, one arm at a time, the other arm holding something as stabilizer. My body will be slightly slanted like below pic.



I tried to up the weight to 10kgs, tried to do them for 8-10 with good form. I can feel stress on them tendons or joints at the bottom of the rep (at the start of the rep).

I cheat less and felt more concentrated. I do have a slight bend on my elbows when doing them. Is this an indication of the weight being too heavy?

I ono, this is the first one that I found