How to perform it
- Lie on the floor with your knees bent, feet supported, and a dumbbell in each hand at chest height.
- Keep your elbows close to your body and your palms facing each other in a neutral grip.
- Engage your abs and keep your shoulders stable throughout the movement.
- Press the dumbbells upward with control until your arms are extended above your chest.
- Keep your wrists aligned and avoid letting the dumbbells strike each other at the top.
- Lower the dumbbells slowly to the starting position, controlling the return phase.
- Bring your elbows toward the floor without losing shoulder alignment.
- Exhale as you press the dumbbells and inhale as you lower.
What you should feel
Work in the chest, triceps, and shoulders, with the core helping stabilize your body on the floor. The effort should remain controlled in the upper body, without pain in the shoulders, wrists, elbows, or lower back.
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Exercise questions
Lie on the floor with your knees bent, feet supported, and a dumbbell in each hand at chest height. Keep your elbows close to your body and your palms facing each other in a neutral grip. Engage your abs and keep your shoulders stable throughout the movement. Press the dumbbells upward with control until your arms are extended above your chest. Keep your wrists aligned and avoid letting the dumbbells strike each other at the top. Lower the dumbbells slowly to the starting position, controlling the return phase. Bring your elbows toward the floor without losing shoulder alignment. Exhale as you press the dumbbells and inhale as you lower.
Pressing exercise that works the core, chest, triceps, and shoulders while keeping the load stable between the lowering phase and arm extension.
Work in the chest, triceps, and shoulders, with the core helping stabilize your body on the floor. The effort should remain controlled in the upper body, without pain in the shoulders, wrists, elbows, or lower back.
The guidance above organizes the content from the Athletic Station exercise base. Adapt the movement to your individual condition and stop if you experience pain.