Standing Dumbbell Press

The Standing Dumbbell Press is a beginner dumbbell exercise that primarily targets the Shoulders.

Muscles Worked

How to Do the Standing Dumbbell Press

1. 1Standing with your feet shoulder width apart, take a dumbbell in each hand. Raise the dumbbells to head height, the elbows out and about 90 degrees. This will be your starting position.
2. 2Maintaining strict technique with no leg drive or leaning back, extend through the elbow to raise the weights together directly above your head.
3. 3Pause, and slowly return the weight to the starting position.

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