Arnold Press

EXERCISE · DUMBBELL

Arnold Press

ShouldersArmsChest

This one earns its place over a standard shoulder press by adding a rotation through the bottom half of the rep, which brings your front delts and a bit more of your chest into play on the way up. It's not a shortcut to a bigger press — if anything it moves slower and lighter, but it hits the shoulder from more angles in one movement. Start with palms facing you, elbows in front of your shoulders. As you press up, rotate your palms to face forward, finishing with arms extended overhead. Reverse the rotation as you lower, arriving back at your chest with palms facing you again.

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