Strength · Vertical press · Dumbbells
Arnold Press
Arnold Press is a strength exercise with dumbbells that mainly works the front delts, with help from the side delts and triceps.
How to do it
- Brace the glutes and abs, lean back only slightly
- Bar starts on the front of the shoulders
- Head back as the bar passes, then through under the bar
- Lock out with the bar over the middle of the foot
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 8–12 reps with 2:00 rest. When every set reaches 12 reps, the weight goes up 2 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Front delts
Also
- Side delts
- Triceps
Joints it loads
- Shoulder a lot
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of arnold press, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.