Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Compound exercise · vertical push
How to do it
- Sit upright, brace your core, and hold the dumbbells at shoulder height.
- Press the dumbbells overhead under control.
- Lower them slowly back to shoulder height without falling into an excessive arch.
Muscles involved
- shoulders
- 100
- triceps
- 50
- chest
- 30
- forearms
- 10
- serratus
- 5
- obliques
- 5
- abdominals
- 5
- upperBack
- 5
- hip abductors
- 5
- hip flexors
- 5
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- vertical push
- Equipment
- dumbbells, flat bench
- Alternatives
- chair, stones, water bottles
- Variations
- both arms, left arm, right arm
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