Stand with feet shoulder-width apart with a slight bend in your knees.
Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your arms down at your sides and palms facing your legs.
Movement:
- Contracting the middle shoulder muscles, raise both arms out to the sides, stopping when your arms are slightly higher than shoulder level.
- Slowly return to the starting position stopping just short of the weights touching your body.
- Exhale while lifting the weights.
- Inhale while returning to the starting position.
- You may also perform this exercise from a seated position.
