What's an arnold press?

[DrBones]

Hard on the cuffs.... Arny presses are big time hard on the good old rotators... they make mine ache anyways...

 

[edgecrusher]

i made them my main pressing movement for awhile and was doin heavy weight with them, and i had alot of joint pain. something to do with the starting movement being in from of the body that puts alot more stress on the joints/rotators. one thing i will say, they give the delts a damn good burn, but the joint pain was gettin too bad.

Where exactly was your starting position for this movement? When I do mine, the end of the bell is sitting on my shoulder.

 

[Exodus]

true arnold presses are started like your at the top of the db curl position. that is too stressful on my joints as well.

so i start with my arms rotated in, just a little before you get to hammer curl position the then rotate while pressing.

with this modified version i can also do this with bb military press.

these are the number 1 exercise for building the shoulders. last week i did 3 sets of 5 with 70lb dumbells slow, no bouncing and under control. this week i did 5 sets of 5 with 140lb barbell same way. both standing.

just play with it to customize it for you.

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[zackdarnell]

true arnold presses are started like your at the top of the db curl position. that is too stressful on my joints as well.

so i start with my arms rotated in, just a little before you get to hammer curl position the then rotate while pressing.

with this modified version i can also do this with bb military press.

these are the number 1 exercise for building the shoulders. last week i did 3 sets of 5 with 70lb dumbells slow, no bouncing and under control. this week i did 5 sets of 5 with 140lb barbell same way. both standing.

just play with it to customize it for you.

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How do you rotate your arms if you are using a barbell?