VIDEO DEMO:

EXERCISE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. SETUP: Use a 90* bench to support your back. Keep your shoulders pinned back and chest puffed out.
2. LIFT: The rep starts with your dumbbells slightly below a 90* angle. Press the weights up and overhead, bringing them together (not clanging them), then control the weights as you return to the start position.
3. TIP: Notice we switch from FULL REPS to HALF REPS with this technique, working in the bottom third of the movement with those partial repetitions.

MUSCLES WORKED BY THIS EXERCISE:

• Shoulders (Front Delts, Middle Delts)

ALTERNATIVE EXERCISES:

• Shoulder Press Machine
• DB “X” Press (Full range of motion)
• DB “X” Press (Partial reps)
• Band “X” Press
• DB Shoulder Press (Marathon Method)