Dumbbell shoulder press bench angle reddit. Is it fine to do or am I just going to end up hitting my shoulders less and upper chest more like an incline press, even though the angle is still nearly upright? The shoulder pain fix is valid. It should be noted that I am still relatively new so my personal workouts probably change as I gain experience. When you're doing a standing press, maintain tension in your abs is one of the main challenges, and an isometric abs workout is a secondary benefit of that exercise. You can try to pinch and retract shoulder blades more, and experiment with different elbow flare angles. If my chest feels a little sore I do an inclined dumbbell bench followed by a dumbbell shoulder press. Instead of flaring your elbows out during the down part of the press, how most people do it, keep your elbows close to your body and slightly rotate the dumbbells outward, and your palms inward. It changes the angle of the bench from about 85 degrees to about 75 degrees but I can lift quite a lot more weight like that. I had shoulder problems for a while doing bench press, push ups etc. I just wanted to hear you guys thoughts on the various types of shoulder presses. I prefer using an adjustable bench for dumbbell OHP rather than the shoulder press chair. This may seem silly but what angle do you guys/gals have the bench at for dumbbell shoulder press? I usually have it reclining very slightly but see some (not all) sitting with the bench completely upright. The angle is a little low for "shoulder" pressing. Pressing using your upper pectorals-essentially a high incline. But what is an approved angle to hit your PR's at? Archived post. too. Do you do dumbell, barbell, seated, or standing? Which one is "best" for building great shoulders? Hi, recently I’ve been hitting dumbbell shoulder presses and I’ve found that setting the bench at 90 is really uncomfortable for my shoulders and back (I lack some shoulder mobility due to an old injury) and was wondering if setting the bench at 60 would still give me results in my shoulders or if that would be a bad thing, thanks! When doing a seated shoulder press, is it ok to arch your back slightly such that your chest is no longer perpendicular to the ground but more at an angle? Or does this put some of the weight on your chest instead of focusing on the shoulders? Is it cheating to set the bench to the 2nd most upright angle instead of the most upright one. Is 60 degree your first "angle" choice, or did you try higher angles first and suffer from shoulder pain? One should normally be stronger at 60 degrees given you are 1. based against a bench and 2. I usually put the bench up to around a 105 degree angle so not exactly incline and not completely upright like the chair. But sometimes it just means you need to stay off the flat dumbbell press for a while. The steeper angle feels like it's hitting my shoulders more than I'd like and the lower one feels like it's all chest and I shouldn't do it right after I flat bar bench. Angle of the seat when doing dumbbell shoulder press Ive seen some people do big numbers, but I notice their seats lean back quite a bit, or maybe it just looks like it to me. First set usually feels fine, even the first half of my last set (I only do 2 sets) then the last 2 or more reps suddenly feel more difficult. . Seated Shoulder DB Press Plateau? Been lifting for a long time now, I'm still stuck using 55-60lb dumbbells for my working sets which are either 8-10 or 10-12 reps per set. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I'd think that a seated, 90-degree shoulder press would require a similar level of abs tension (to protect your spine) as a standing press, and that using a slightly reclined (85-degree, or whatever) chair would remove this If everything feels recovered I do a dumbbell bench followed by inclined dumbbell bench followed by lateral raises. xtk 7jmowt 6wf aa8vmzo l3ssq ktf9mzh zecnbxb dmnssz 8mhv rojtb