Sexy Shoulders: Alternating Dumbell Presses Video

The alternating dumbbell press is a terrific exercise for the shoulders. Learn how to get sexy shoulders by performing alternating dumbbell presses properly from a certified personal trainer in this workout video.

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Keep feet square
Bend knees
Elevate dumbbells
Lift 1 at time
Reach & lower

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Mimi Saraiva is a former gymnast for the Brazil national team. Mimi moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago and is now a certified and licensed personal trainer and a trainer for iTRAIN.com. iTRAIN provides more than 275 workouts in its library ranging from treadmill to elliptical, cycling, strength training, and many more.

Hi everybody. My name is Mimi and welcome to sexy shoulders. Today, I'm going to teach you a very great exercise for your shoulders. It's called the alternating dumbell shoulder presses. You're going to need two dumbells and the weight should be according to your strength. We're going to do six pounds today. Make sure your feet are hip width apart or a little bit more, bend your knees just a little bit, abs are tight into your spine, chest out. Now, I want you to elevate the dumbell to about shoulder level and we're going to do one at a time. Your palms are facing forward. Your head will stick straight also and we're going to do one at a time. Starting out and one and two. [DEMONSTRATION] You can do about 15 reps each side and make sure you breathe, inhale, exhale, inhale. Make sure you don't overarch your back so you don't hurt it, and you can do that by really squeezing your abs tight into your spine. Down, up, and down. That's it. You should start feeling a little bit of a burn right now on your shoulders but keep going [DEMONSTRATION], and I want you to do two or three sets of this exercise, and down, up. Let's do a couple more. Up, down, right, and left, and bring it down. Excellent job you guys. We're done for today but make sure you repeat this exercise two times a week. Don't do it every day because you don't want to develop your shoulders too much. My name is Mimi and this was your sexy shoulders move of the day. I'll see you soon.

Sexy Shoulders: Alternating Dumbell Presses Video

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