Bottle Weighted Alternate Front Raise

Stand with a bottle in each hand at your sides. Keep your feet shoulder-width apart and engage your core.

  1. Raise one bottle in front of you to shoulder height while keeping your arm straight.
  2. Lower the bottle back to the starting position.
  3. Repeat with the opposite arm.
  4. Continue alternating arms for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Bottle Weighted Alternate Front Raise

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bottle Weighted Alternate Front Raise using your free weights.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your deltoids.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your deltoids rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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