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Alternating Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press

Also: dumbbell seated alternate press, dumbbell seated alternate shoulder

Main
Delts
Secondary
TricepsChestUpper back
Equipment
DumbbellBench
Level
Beginner
Movement
Vertical push

How to do it

  1. Sit on a bench with a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing forward.
  2. Raise the dumbbells to shoulder height, with your elbows bent and palms facing forward.
  3. Press one dumbbell up overhead, fully extending your arm.
  4. Lower the dumbbell back down to shoulder height.
  5. Repeat with the other arm.
  6. Continue alternating arms for the desired number of repetitions.

Same movement

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Exercise data: exercises-dataset (MIT) by Hasan Emir Yıldırım