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Vertical Push · Beginner

Single-Arm Dumbbell Shoulder Press

Compound vertical push exercise using dumbbell.
Movement pattern
Vertical Push
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Dumbbell
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Unilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Single-Arm Dumbbell Shoulder Press

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder flexionprimary action

    Anterior deltoid (prime mover, high emphasis); Medial deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Pectoralis major (synergist, low emphasis); Supraspinatus (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula upward rotationsecondary action

    Serratus anterior (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, low emphasis); Trapezius (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Spine lateral flexionsecondary action · resisted

    External oblique (stabilizer, high emphasis); Internal oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Quadratus lumborum (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Erector spinae (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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