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Standing Dumbbell Press
Standing Dumbbell Press is a beginner strength exercise using dumbbell. It works the shoulders, with help from the triceps.
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- Main muscles
- shoulders
- Also works
- triceps
How to do it
- Standing with your feet shoulder width apart, take a dumbbell in each hand. Raise the dumbbells to head height, the elbows out and about 90 degrees. This will be your starting position.
- Maintaining strict technique with no leg drive or leaning back, extend through the elbow to raise the weights together directly above your head.
- Pause, and slowly return the weight to the starting position.
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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).