Push Press – Exercise of the Week
- Hold dumbbells at shoulder level and stand with a slight bend in your knees
- Contract your glutes, brace your abs and keep your spine straight
- Start the movement with a rapid, yet small, dip at the hips & knees
- Push up and press the dumbbells overhead until your arms are fully extended
- Slowly lower the dumbbells back to shoulder level.
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It’s best to do push presses in combination with regular over head pressing exercises
I love the push press, its one of my favourite exercises to do with clients, works well with a barbell as well.
Push press can also be done sitting with back straight! It should also be mentioned that you must not rest the dumbbells on your shoulders and rest when on the negative.
Thank you very much for this detailed explanation. When performed correctly, push presses will also help to stabilize the hips.
Great exercise, and also be done with a barbell, but I think the dumbells are better due to range of motion.