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The Dumbbell Overhead Press

Wednesday, 18 October 2006

Dumbbell Overhead Press

This is a great exercise for general shoulder strength and stability as well as core-strength as you are forced to support the load isometrically against some pretty serious leverage at the top of the lift.

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Overhead Press - Hold a dumbbell in rack position at shoulder level, press overhead, repeat. Pretty easy, huh? There are a couple of movements related to the press, such as the Push-Press, where you dip and then drive the weight up with assistance from the legs, and the Push-Jerk, that we discussed earlier. Like every other dumbbell exercise, these are great with one arm. One other benefit of the overhead press is its ability to work as a transition movement for the handstand push-up. Though not directly correlative, it helps to build the entire shoulder girdle in a similar manner, thus transferring nicely.

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