How To Do A Dumbbell Shoulder Press Video

Use dumbbells to increase shoulder strength with shoulder presses. Learn how to increase arm strength in this workout video.

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Keep abs tight
Do this exercise seated
Upper arm stays parallel to floor

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Michelle is a personal trainer at a gym in NC and has been a personal trainer for several years. She is certified through ACE and is a certified aerobics instructor as well. Her Specialty is weight lifting and she enjoys training aspiring female body builders as she is one herself. She focuses on helping her clients stronger, healthier, and sending them out feeling better for it. The best part of her job is when she see people living a better life as a result of the physical training. She was also a Marine physical trainer before she was employed at the gym.

MICHELLE TRAPP: Now I'm going to show you how to do a dumbbell shoulder press or some of you might have heard it called a military press, it's the same exact exercise. You're going to grab a pair of dumbbells. Air on the side of caution, start with lighter dumbbells and work your way up to heavier. Your starting and ending position is just like that, my upper arms stay parallel with the floor, I'm forming a 90 degree angle with my upper arm which means I don't want the dumbbells resting here and you don't want them out here. Start and finish here, my core is tight because I'm going to be pressing weight up above my head. I'm going to take these dumbbells up at the top, over my head and I'm bringing them right back down to the start that I showed you. Slow and controlled, over my head and back down, my abs are tight. Again, I'm supporting, I got a lot of weight coming up over my head and back down. If you begin this exercise and you're new and it feels a little bit unstable, by all means, take a seat, you can do these seated just as easy as you can do them standing. Standing is going to add a little bit more core so dumbbell shoulder presses or military presses, remember, here, I mean your upper arm stays parallel to the floor, you're going to form a 90-degree angle, you're going to take those dumbbells, they're going to meet over you head and they're going to press back down to start. That's how you do a dumbbell overhead raise.

How to Do a Dumbbell Shoulder Press Video

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