Weight Training - Seated Press

Teaching points

• Position a bench with the back support up and sit on the seat pad, leaning your back against the support
  
• Hold a dumbbell in each hand at shoulder height
  
• Push directly upwards until the elbows are almost completely straight
  
• Slowly return back to the starting position

Variations & progressions

• Perform with the palms facing each other to allow the biceps to aid the movement

Muscles worked

• Anterior fibres of Deltoid
  
• Triceps

Related injuries

• Dislocated shoulder

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