Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / shoulders
Seated DB overhead press
Seated, back supported, DBs at ear level, press to lockout without arching.
Muscles
- Primary
- front delts
- Supporting
- side delts, triceps
Mechanics
- Pattern
- push
- Equipment
- dumbbell
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Deltoids pressing the load overhead; triceps lock out cleanly at the top.
- Progression
- Increase weight or move to standing press for greater core demand.
- Regression
- Reduce range or use lighter DBs if shoulder impingement occurs.
Watch for
- Excessive lumbar arch compensating for tight lats
- Pressing forward instead of straight up
- Losing control on the descent
Substitutions
- Standing barbell overhead press
- Arnold press
- Machine overhead press