JJ Virgin recommends replacing isolated shoulder exercises like lateral raises with compound moves like upright rows. Compound movements hit more muscles at once, burn more calories, and build bigger arms faster.
So if you're looking to get great arms, I'm going to show you some swaps that are going to trade out a single lever movement for a compound movement, which means you're going to build more muscle and it will also create a bigger metabolic cost. So instead of doing a lateral raise, which just involves your shoulder girdle, do a, an upright row, which is going to pull in your biceps as well.
