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I would just like to make two points here. First the name of the delt this thread is about is actually "Medial deltoid" it is the middle delt out of the three heads. many do call it lateral which is also correct. There are three distinct parts to the deltoids. The anterior or front head, the medial or middle (lateral as some call it) and posterior head or rear delt.
There's no such thing as a "medial" deltoid. Medial means "toward the midline." The middle deltoid fibers to which people are trying to refer are actually lateral — not medial — in the anatomical position. Glance over a few dozen articles and look for this mistake; it'll tell you who the coaches are who don't know functional anatomy nearly as well as they think they do.