{"id":10214,"date":"2019-02-16T09:27:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T09:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2019-12-01T15:53:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T15:53:28","slug":"seated-dumbbell-over-head-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/seated-dumbbell-over-head-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Seated dumbbell overhead press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exercise details<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Target muscle:<\/strong> Anterior Deltoid<\/li>\n<li><strong>Synergists:<\/strong> Lateral Deltoid, Triceps Brachii, Clavicular (upper) Pectoralis Major, Middle and Lower Trapezius, Serratus Anterior, Supraspinatus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mechanics:<\/strong> Compound<\/li>\n<li><strong>Force:<\/strong> Push<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Starting position<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Holding a pair of dumbbells, sit up straight on a bench or chair, preferably one that supports your back.<\/li>\n<li>Raise the dumbbells one at a time to each side, and hold them at shoulder height, with your palms facing forward.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Execution<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Exhale as you press the dumbbells upward and inward until they almost touch over your head.<\/li>\n<li>At the top of the movement, shrug your shoulders to raise the dumbbells even higher.<\/li>\n<li>Inhale as you reverse the motions and lower the dumbbells to the starting position.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Comments and tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep your back straight.<\/li>\n<li>For optimal back support, make sure your lower back is in constant contact with the back of the chair.<\/li>\n<li>To raise heavy dumbbells into position, rest them on your knees and then kick them up into position one at a time.<\/li>\n<li>Do not lock your elbows out at the top of the press. This will safeguard your elbows as well as keep the tension on your shoulders.<\/li>\n<li>The seated position reduces your ability to cheat.<\/li>\n<li>The seated dumbbell overhead press is also known as the seated dumbbell shoulder press.<\/li>\n<li>Occasionally, perform the seated dumbbell overhead press with one arm at a time, as it will get more core stabilizer muscles involved and help you to develop unilateral strength.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seated dumbbell overhead press\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rsp5oq5JerU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise details Target muscle: Anterior Deltoid Synergists: Lateral Deltoid, Triceps Brachii, Clavicular (upper) Pectoralis Major, Middle and Lower Trapezius, Serratus Anterior, Supraspinatus Mechanics: Compound Force: Push Starting position Holding a pair of dumbbells, sit up straight on a bench or chair, preferably one that supports your back. Raise the dumbbells one at a time to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[731,759,732],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-askisiologio","category-proponisi-dynamis","category-askiseis-gia-omous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10214"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13731,"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10214\/revisions\/13731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlife.com.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}