Overhead Plate Raise

Name: Overhead Plate Raise — demonstration
Uploaded: 2026-07-02T20:04:47Z
Description: Put your middle and ring fingers through the center hole of a weight plate and curl them against the plate. Have your thumb, index finger, and pinky pressed firmly on the other side.

Weight & Reps

Details

NameOverhead Plate Raise

EquipmentWeight Plate

Primary MuscleShoulders

Auxiliary MusclesTraps

Instructions

1Put your middle and ring fingers through the center hole of a weight plate and curl them against the plate. Have your thumb, index finger, and pinky pressed firmly on the other side.
2Take hold of a second weight plate in the same way with your other hand.
3Stand upright, extend your arms, and have the weight plates at your sides with your wrists neutral (palms facing your body).
4Lift your chest, brace your core, and inhale.
5Raise the plates to your sides and overhead in a smooth arc motion with your knuckles facing one another at the top. Exhale.
6Lower with control the plates to your sides in the same arc motion, breathing in on the way down.
7Continue for the planned repetitions.