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Press dumbbells overhead

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  1. 1

    Kick the bells up with your knees.

    Sit or stand, dumbbell on each thigh, knee-kick them to the shoulders one at a time. Saves the rotator cuffs before the set even starts.

  2. 2

    Start at the shoulders, palms forward or neutral.

    Elbows under wrists, slightly in front of the body line.

  3. 3

    Press up and slightly in.

    The bells travel toward each other, meeting almost above the crown without clanking.

  4. 4

    Lock out without shrugging.

    Arms straight, shoulders down. The neck stays long.

  5. 5

    Lower to ninety degrees or a bit below.

    Controlled, to shoulder level. Bouncing out of the bottom is where shoulders complain.

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