Side Lateral Raises?????

C

candy morales

Cathlete
Hi Cathe,

It was brought to my attention that the term "side lateral raises" when working the shoulders, mean the same thing. Is it true that the words side and lateral are the same. I'm confused. Is it supposed to be "side raises", or "lateral raises", or "side lateral raises"? Please explain.


Candy
 
Side: meaning the dumbbells are at your sides as opposed to the front, with front lateral raises.

Lateral: your arms are lateral to your body

I think that is what the distinction is.

HTH.
 
"Lateral" means at the side or to the side.
"Side" is self explanatory.

The term "side lateral raises" is redundant. It's either "side raises" or "lateral raises", they are the same exercise.

"Front lateral raises" do not exist. It's "front raises" if we want to get picky with the language..... :)
T.:)
 
I think instructors started becoming redundant (saying both " side" and " lateral") because they wanted to make sure people understood what they meant...or maybe some of them don't know that " lateral " mean side?
 
You could be right Kathryn. I don't know. I gotta admit I had to double-check what "lateral" meant just to be sure it was what I thought it was. LOL!
T. :)
 
I REALLY thought that "lateral" was referring to your PALMS being lateral to the floor. As opposed to having the fist straight up and down.

Oh well, at least we were all "doing" it correctly.
 
>I REALLY thought that "lateral" was referring to your PALMS
>being lateral to the floor. As opposed to having the fist
>straight up and down.

I still think you're confused. "lateral" is a synonyme of
"to the side" or "on the side." It has nothing to do with the position of the palms. So "side lateral raises" really mean "side side delt raises."
 
Hi Candy! "side raises", "lateral raises", or "side lateral raises" all refer to the same exercise.

You say Potatoe, I say Potato..... :7
 
Cathe, you don't REALLY say Potatoe do you!? lol!! Just pulling your chain of course. :)
This could be a whole new thread....variations on words. :)
Trevor
 
LOL!! Jackie I just read this and your response is so funny!! As nurses, we learn the meaning of anatomical terms like "lateral", and they carry that meaning for us no matter what the context. You know what I mean? It's confusing when someone uses them in another context, and they take on a slightly different meaning.

For instance, as an ICU nurse, to me the term "subluxation" has always meant "a partial or incomplete dislocation", as it's defined in Taber's. Enter me ... after 18 years of critical care nursing, into the insurance world and differing language of other branches of medicine. "Subluxation" in chiropractic practice, for instance, refers to a syndrome which may be a cause or concomitant of a disease process. I had no idea what people were talking about when they referred to this - LOL!! We don't really deal with chiropractic care in the inpatient ICU world, so this was new to me.

Truthfully, I "knew" that the terms "side" and "lateral" in "side lateral raises" meant the same thing, but it never really bugged me. It was just one of those silly little things you overlook after you've done the workout a hundred times.

Anyway ... just wanted to share, and tell you I got a kick out of your post!!

Carol
:)
 
Carol,

Another thing I have ALWAYS thought was "funny" about describing the anatomical position of the human body is that when referring to a male, the front of the body (anterior of course) with the palms forward (anterior aspect of the hands) and the penis FULLY ERECT!

Sorry, if I am not supposed to use the "p" word here, but that just really shows that men ruled the world....which I guess they can have it!
 
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