Behind-The-Back Cable Lateral Raise

Start

Finish

How to do it

Stand side-on to a low pulley and take the handle in the outside hand so the cable runs behind your back, then raise the arm out to shoulder height against the line of the cable.

Muscles worked

Primary: shoulders · Also works: traps

Equipment

Cables

Common mistakes

• Standing too close to the stack, which kills the tension at the bottom of the raise
• Letting the cable drift in front of the hips instead of keeping it behind the body
• Raising above shoulder level and letting the trap take over

Variations

• Front-of-body cable lateral raise
• Behind-the-back raise with a slow negative

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Cable Lateral Raise
• Leaning Dumbbell Lateral Raise
• Machine Lateral Raise

Related exercises

• Standing Overhead Pressshoulders
• Pike Push-Upshoulders
• Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders
• Shoulder Controlled Rotationsshoulders
• Face Pullshoulders
• Cable Lateral Raiseshoulders