Front delts, dead-on with a bar.
Keep your core tight and avoid leaning back, no momentum from the hips.
The barbell front raise loads both front delts at once through a single fixed grip, lifting the bar from your thighs to shoulder height with straight arms. Because both hands share one implement, neither side can drift or rotate, forcing a strict, symmetrical path that the front delts have to power without help. It is a direct isolation move for anterior delt size, best done lighter and stricter than your ego suggests.
Lighter than you think. The long lever arm makes even a modest bar feel heavy at shoulder height, and once the hips start swinging the delts stop working. Pick a weight you can pause at the top.
The bar locks both arms to one strict path and lets you load slightly heavier. Dumbbells allow each arm to move freely and expose side-to-side gaps. Both work, the bar simply enforces discipline.
Shoulder height is enough, that is where the front delts finish their job. Pushing higher tends to shrug the traps into the movement and invites a lean-back, keep the stop point crisp.
