Dumbbell Curl to Overhead Press
oec:dumbbell-curl-to-overhead-press
A combination movement that curls dumbbells to shoulder level and immediately presses them overhead.
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Also called: Dumbbell Bicep Curl to Press, Dumbbell Biceps Curl to Overhead Press, Dumbbell Curl to Press, DB Curl to Press
How to do it
Setup
- Stand tall with feet hip-width apart holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
- Brace your core and allow your arms to hang naturally with palms facing your torso.
Movement
- Curl the dumbbells upward toward shoulder height, supinating your forearms so your palms face inward or backward at the top of the curl.
- Smoothly transition into the press by rotating your hands outward and pressing the dumbbells overhead until your arms are fully extended.
- Lower the dumbbells back to shoulder height under control.
- Reverse the curl by lowering the dumbbells down to your sides in a controlled eccentric tempo.
Breathing
Inhale before curling, exhale as you complete the press overhead, and inhale while lowering the weights back down.
Cues
- Curl, transition, press
- Lock down your ribs
- Control the descent on both phases
Common faults
- Swinging the torso to curl heavy weight.
- Select a load you can curl strictly without hip momentum or backward lean.
- Hyperextending the lower back during the overhead press.
- Squeeze the glutes and brace the abs to maintain a neutral spine throughout the press.
Safety
- Avoid using momentum to transition between the curl and press to protect the shoulder joint.
Muscles
Joints
- Elbow: Flexion, Extension
- Shoulder: Flexion, Abduction
- Shoulder blade: Upward rotation, Elevation
- Forearm: Supination, Pronation
- Lumbar spine: Isometric stabilization
Details
- Movement
- Vertical push, Elbow flexion isolation
- Modality
- Hypertrophy, Strength
- Mechanics
- compound
- Force
- mixed
- Laterality
- bilateral
- Kinetic chain
- open
- Level
- beginner
- Equipment
- Dumbbell
- Record
- Repetitions and Load
- Load
- external, per implement
Sources
- wger: Dumbbell bicep curl to press, by Lynn_McIntyre (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
This record: CC-BY-SA-4.0.