The most common mistakes when training with the side lifting machine

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Strength training is not only for those who want to have an extremely toned figure, because properly executed and especially also well-dosed, strength training can be an absolute benefit for health. Muscle building can take place very quickly and thus significant problems with joints and spine can be prevented. Especially the back muscles are very important and there the side lifting machine can do wonders. However, even with the side lift machine, it is so that this only has its success when properly trained. Unfortunately, many training mistakes are often made.



With the side lifting machine can come the muscle growth in the upper body. Training with the side lifting machine looks quite complicated, but it is not. The padding on the side lift machine ensures that the position can be held quite easily and comfortably at all times.

Advantages of the side lifting machine

  • Quick strength and muscle building.
  • The upper back is ideally trained with it.
  • The sidelift machine is a wonderful balance to other sports.
  • The muscles are activated and thus protected from injury.


Very important is the execution of the exercise on the sidelift machine

Those who work on the sidelift machine must make sure that they always perform the exercise correctly and properly, because otherwise the training effect would be zero and there is even an acute risk of injury. The back must always remain straight, this is what really needs to be taken care of. Because this is exactly where the most common mistakes with the side lift machine occur. In addition, the exercise on the sidelift machine must always be performed very slowly, there must be no jerky movements under any circumstances. A slight hollow back is perfectly fine with this exercise, but it must never lead to a hunchback, that would be absolutely harmful for the back. Basically, this exercise with the lateral raise machine is intended for the lateral shoulder muscles. Therefore, there should not be too much of an angle in the elbow joint. Otherwise, the strain on the entire shoulder joint will be too great.

Therefore, it is always very important to pay attention to the execution of the exercise on the side lift machine. It is best to be guided by an experienced trainer to prevent this danger. It is therefore imperative to prevent the movements from being too jerky.

Mainly, when training with the side lift machine, there is a strengthening of the deltoid muscle, the upper bones muscle, the hood muscle, the rhomboid muscle and that of the shoulder blades. And it is these muscles that you should definitely be aware of before training. All these muscles together, when trained ideally, prevent shoulder and neck pain. Tension is also ideally prevented.

In order to train properly with the side lift machine, you need to pay attention to a few things

Unfortunately, it is so that many do not know the exercise at the side lifting machine properly. And unfortunately, this leads to major problems.

Often it is the false ambition that tempts the exerciser to do the exercise on the sidelift machine completely wrong. The weights are often chosen much too high. It is always better to make the increases with the weights little by little. It is best to practice in front of a mirror, so that the position can be checked again and again and corrected if necessary. In addition, it is always the case that you train too many repetitions and too many sets. The positions of the side lifting machine must always be adjusted individually. So everything must be adapted to your own body and here, unfortunately, mistakes happen again and again, namely that the setting on the sidelift machine is not correct. Seat height and the pivot point on the axis of the shoulder joint must be correct. The movement is then very slow and controlled also, it is imperative to pay attention to proper breathing.

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Editors fitnessmarkt.de (EA)

Published on: 6 July 2015

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