How do you perform this exercise?
- Set an incline bench to a 45-degree angle and sit on it with a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing down.
- Rest the dumbbells on your thighs and lean back onto the bench.
- Use your thighs to help raise the dumbbells to shoulder height, then rotate your wrists so that your palms are facing forward.
- Exhale and slowly raise the dumbbells above your head, keeping a slight bend in your elbows.
- Pause for a moment at the top, then inhale and slowly lower the dumbbells back to shoulder height.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Deltoids, Trapezius.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
