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Instructions
- Hold your trunk tight and keep your back straight
- Start with the dumbbells in front and palms facing you
- As you raise the dumbbells turn your palms to face forward
- Raise the dumbbells so your arms almost fully extend
- Do not lock out your arms
- Lower to the start position with palms facing in
Muscles involved
- Deltoid
- Trapezius
- Triceps Brachii
[…] Shoulders: Another chance to do something new! The track starts with a few more press-ups than normal before kneeling to do shoulder lifts and lateral raises. Then the new move - a modified Arnold press. There are a lot of these, both slow ones and singles. Make sure you don’t let the weight tip backwards on the downward movement as the triceps will take the strain rather than isolating the anterior deltoids. We’re back to 1990 again with a cover of Snap! - I Got the Power (The Power Of Bhangra 2003 - Snap! vs. Motivo). […]
Pingback by RickInOz » Blog Archive » BodyPump 62 review — August 21, 2007 @ 10:17 am
how did the arnold press get its name?
Comment by tracey — October 4, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
None other then arnold schwarzenegger came up with it
Comment by liam — October 16, 2007 @ 1:02 pm
Because Arnold invented it…
Comment by tim — October 19, 2007 @ 5:39 pm