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Cuban Press

Primary muscles
Shoulders
Secondary muscles
Traps
Equipment
Dumbbells
Level
Intermediate
Category
Strength

Photos

Cuban Press - step 1Cuban Press - step 2

Instructions

  1. Take a dumbbell in each hand with a pronated grip in a standing position. Raise your upper arms so that they are parallel to the floor, allowing your lower arms to hang in the "scarecrow" position. This will be your starting position.
  2. To initiate the movement, externally rotate the shoulders to move the upper arm 180 degrees. Keep the upper arms in place, rotating the upper arms until the wrists are directly above the elbows, the forearms perpendicular to the floor.
  3. Now press the dumbbells by extending at the elbows, straightening your arms overhead.
  4. Return to the starting position as you breathe in by reversing the steps.
  5. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Exercise data and photos from free-exercise-db (Unlicense).