Alternative for side lateral raises

[Budaan]

Listen i love lifting man, training shoulders also. Push Press, military press, reverse pec deck flyes they are all great man.
But if there is one freaking exercise i hate so much. So much, and it is not because i am weak or not feeling it.
I mean it is a great exercise, it does what it needs to do. If lightweight kills you it is a great exercise no doubt.
But that doesn't mean i do not hate it, these stupid...

Side.
Lateral.
Raises.

**** them. I have been doing them for years now and they work. And i hate them. But i can not find an alternative.
I want wide shoulders, sure. I wanna work for them. I'll even do them if there is no alternative...

But if you guys know one, please, oh please tell me.

[WolfRose7]

single arm cable side lateral raises

Or possibly machine upright rows with rope attachment

[Iceman1800]

I do upright rows with a cambered bar. It allows the arms to stay at your sides which focuses more on the side delt

[danielmoo]

Face-pulls were shown to activate the medial deltoids almost just as much as they do the posterior according to some EMG tests from Bret Contreras.

[donaldtrumpson]

lying lateral raises

[sm1ke]

How come you don't like them? I think it might be easier to suggest an alternative if I know what you want to avoid.

[zGwild]

Face-pulls were shown to activate the medial deltoids almost just as much as they do the posterior according to some EMG tests from Bret Contreras.

this^^^

face pulls FTW. Done pulled to the face and overhead

[R0nald0]

Even though you lift lightweight with them they're hard as hell. It's one of the few exercises that takes a lot of effort from me to do, which causes me to make a weird looking face when reaching failure.

[smokinal]

As mentioned, single arm side cable raises and wide grip upright rows and lead with the elbows

[Budaan]

I do a lot of face pulls. Upright rows might be the one i was looking for. Any homebrew exercises are also welcome.


And Sm1ke, i used to do them with 16 kilogram dumbbells with passion. Grunting, motivated to get bouldershoulders. I would do them like yates on the cable too.
later do them with 10 kilograms.. 7... 4.... and then not at all. Because i couldn't take it anymore. I feel so damn bored doing this motion. Standing there...
staring in the abyss... waving my ****ing arms like a chicken trying to fly away... looking myself straight in the eye through the medium of the mirror, it w as revealed to me that i looked like a constipated ****ing chihuahua doing this motion heavy. Eyes almost popping out my skull... no this is not the exercise for me... but i like face pulls though. And upright rows i never done. So this is exciting. I will do a new exercise which means DOMS!

[wowter]

Please guys, side raises or lateral raises. Side lateral raises are not a thing.

Just a pet peeve, sorry.

OT; as others mentioned I'd recommend upright rows or facepulls, but recently I really started liking banded lateral raises.

[kardog]

Machine upright rows could help

[cthunder0]

Listen i love lifting man, training shoulders also. Push Press, military press, reverse pec deck flyes they are all great man.
But if there is one freaking exercise i hate so much. So much, and it is not because i am weak or not feeling it.
I mean it is a great exercise, it does what it needs to do. If lightweight kills you it is a great exercise no doubt.
But that doesn't mean i do not hate it, these stupid...

Side.
Lateral.
Raises.

**** them. I have been doing them for years now and they work. And i hate them. But i can not find an alternative.
I want wide shoulders, sure. I wanna work for them. I'll even do them if there is no alternative...

But if you guys know one, please, oh please tell me.

WIDE GRIP upright rows with a EZ Curl bar or straight bar i'd go with EZ curl though