Single Arm Shoulder Press (Dumbbell)
Trains the front delts, with help from the triceps and traps. You need a dumbbell. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
Technique
How to do the Single Arm Shoulder Press (Dumbbell)
- Begin by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in your right hand. Position the dumbbell at shoulder height, by its side, with your palm facing forward and your elbow bent and your free hand on your hip.
- Press the dumbbell overhead by extending your arm until it is fully straight.
- Lower the dumbbell back to shoulder height in a controlled manner. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch to your left hand.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Focus on using your shoulder muscles to lift the weight.
- Avoid arching your back; maintain a neutral spine.
- Breathe out as you press the dumbbell up and inhale as you lower it.
Muscles worked
What Single Arm Shoulder Press (Dumbbell) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Single Arm Shoulder Press (Dumbbell)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a front delts exercise that is, there are 26 on the Front Delts page.
Substitutes
Swap Single Arm Shoulder Press (Dumbbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Single Arm Shoulder Press (Dumbbell) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.