How to Do the Seated Dumbbell Press
💪 Shoulders, Triceps🏋️ Dumbbell📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Grab a couple of dumbbells and sit on a military press bench or a utility bench that has a back support on it as you place the dumbbells upright on top of your thighs.
- Clean the dumbbells up one at a time by using your thighs to bring the dumbbells up to shoulder height at each side.
- Rotate the wrists so that the palms of your hands are facing forward. This is your starting position.
- As you exhale, push the dumbbells up until they touch at the top.
- After a second pause, slowly come down back to the starting position as you inhale.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Seated Dumbbell Press primarily targets your Shoulders, with support from your Triceps. You'll need dumbbell.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Seated Dumbbell Press slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.