dumbbell Shoulder press: Do's and don'ts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vts89LgVtow

The Dumbbell Shoulder press is one of the most popular shoulder exercises out there!

As with any exercise, we must ensure we are doing things correctly!

Do's

• Make sure the bench is at the highest position the bench can go, or one slightly below based of comfortability.

• Ensure your feet are firmly placed onto the ground as well as your lower back

• At the start, having your wrist and elbow stacked above each other to fully utilize the shoulder and triceps.

• While pressing, keeping the arms slightly in front of you a slightly reduced chance of injury for some people (beginners or people with poor shoulder health / mobility)

Don'ts

• Pressing and having your arms be in front or behind your body, this creates an environment for unsafe pressing.

• Having your feet come up from the ground at any point, this reduces the overall power output by destroying our base with our feet.

• Letting the Dumbbells knock into each other at the top, with equal opposite forces being applied controlling the dumbbells becomes extremely difficult.