VIDEO DEMO:
EXERCISE INSTRUCTIONS:
- SETUP: Use a 90* bench to support your back. Keep your shoulders pinned back and chest puffed out.
- 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.
- 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)