Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench

A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench — Starting position Starting position
Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench — End position End position
Difficulty Beginner
Type Strength
Equipment Dumbbells
Primary Muscle Shoulders
AI Rep Counting Log manually

How to Do Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench

  1. Stand up straight while holding a dumbbell in each hand and with an incline bench in front of you.
  2. While keeping your back straight and maintaining the natural arch of your back, lean forward until your forehead touches the bench in front of you. Let the arms hang in front of you perpendicular to the ground. The palms of your hands should be facing each other and your torso should be parallel to the floor. This will be your starting position.
  3. Keeping your torso forward and stationary, and the arms straight with a slight bend at the elbows, lift the dumbbells straight to the side until both arms are parallel to the floor. Exhale as you lift the weights. Caution: avoid swinging the torso or bringing the arms back as opposed to the side.
  4. After a one second contraction at the top, slowly lower the dumbbells back to the starting position.
  5. Repeat the recommended amount of repetitions.

Muscles Worked

Front
Back

Primary

Where Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench does most of its work.

Alternatives to Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench

10 movements that train the same primary muscle, closest substitutes first — same kind of training, then variations of the movement itself, then a similar difficulty.

  1. 1 Barbell Rear Delt Row

    Barbell Rear Delt Row

    A beginner compound strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a barbell.

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  2. 2 Bent Over Low-Pulley Side Lateral

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    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a cable machine.

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  3. 3 Cable Rear Delt Fly

    Cable Rear Delt Fly

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a cable machine.

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  4. 4 Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows

    Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows

    A beginner compound strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a cable machine.

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  5. 5 Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise

    Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  6. 6 Dumbbell Raise

    Dumbbell Raise

    A beginner compound strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  7. 7 Front Dumbbell Raise

    Front Dumbbell Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  8. 8 Front Incline Dumbbell Raise

    Front Incline Dumbbell Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  9. 9 Front Two-Dumbbell Raise

    Front Two-Dumbbell Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  10. 10 Single Dumbbell Raise

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Frequently Asked Questions

What muscles do bent over dumbbell rear delt raise with head on bench work?

Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench primarily works the shoulders.

What equipment do I need for bent over dumbbell rear delt raise with head on bench?

Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench uses dumbbells.

Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench: is it suitable for beginners?

Yes. Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench is rated beginner. Movements you can learn in a session, with a low skill floor and a forgiving failure mode.

What can I do instead of bent over dumbbell rear delt raise with head on bench?

Barbell Rear Delt Row, Bent Over Low-Pulley Side Lateral, Cable Rear Delt Fly train the same primary muscles and are listed with 7 more alternatives above.

Can Fitnit count my bent over dumbbell rear delt raise with head on bench reps automatically?

Not automatically yet. Fitnit's AI rep counting covers push-ups, squats, dumbbell curls, crunches and pull-ups today; bent over dumbbell rear delt raise with head on bench can be logged manually in the app, and tracked movements are added over time.

Photographs and step-by-step instructions from free-exercise-db, a public-domain exercise dataset. Muscle mapping and alternatives by Fitnit.

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