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Dumbbell Shoulder Presses

Dumbbell Shoulder Presses

  • November 21, 2012 9:45 pm
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The dumbbell shoulder press exercise is one of the greatest exercises you can do at home to train your shoulders. Here is what it does and how to safely do it at home.

Dumbbell Shoulder Presses

The dumbbell shoulder press mainly exercises the front (“anterior”) shoulder muscle, but it also engages the upper portion of the chest, the triceps, a bit of the side delts and the middle and lower traps muscles. In short, you get a long of bang for the buck.

They also are rather simple to do, because all you have to do is hold two dumbbells at shoulder height and then raise them above your head.

I will be the first to admit that I don’t have the most intelligent facial expressions when I demonstrate exercises:

Shoulder Muscles Are Small Muscles!

As said in the video and because I’m just so fond of reminding people of the safety aspect: the shoulder muscles are small and don’t require a lot of weight. So start out light and only gradually up the weight, always remembering that damage to the shoulder muscles means most upper body exercises will be out of bounds for weeks or even months. Dropping something heavy on your head because you lose control of the weight is also among the less pleasant experiences out there.

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6 Comments

  1. Ashley says:
    November 21, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    I love how unenthusiastic this guy looks in the thumbnail for the video, that’s exactly my face whenever I do weights.

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    • evilcyber says:
      November 21, 2012 at 10:29 pm

      That guy is me 😀

      And yep, it took starting to do these videos to find out how ridiculous my workout expressions are 😀

      Reply
  2. Diane Fit to the Finish says:
    November 26, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    This is one exercise I can do! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

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    • evilcyber says:
      November 26, 2012 at 5:38 pm

      Around here that is a normal work day, unfortunately 🙂

      Reply
  3. Ukuja says:
    November 28, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    Shouldn’t you tuck your elbows at least a little for shoulder safety just like in other pressing movements?

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    • evilcyber says:
      November 29, 2012 at 2:55 pm

      In my opinion it is most important to keep the shoulders down during the movement (as in not pulling them up) and not hyperextending behind the plane of the body. Tucking the elbows would shift the entire mechanics of the exercise.

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