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Core Knowledge
Movements
Contents
Curl to Overhead Press - Scissor Stance Alternating Dumbbell
Starting Position
- Stand holding a pair of dumbbells in front of your shoulders with an underhand grip.
- Set up in a split stance, with one foot in front of the other and your knees slightly bent.
Procedure
- Lower one weight down as you simultaneously press the other weight overhead.
- Then return to the starting position by curling one weight up and lowering the other.
- Pause, then reverse the pattern so by lowering the weight you had pressed up and pressing the weight you had lowered.
- Continue alternating back and forth for the prescribed number of repetitions.
Coaching Keys
- Contract your abs and back glute throughout the move.
You Should Feel It
- Working your arms and shoulders.
