Exercise
Dumbbell Cuban Press
Also known as: cuban rotation press
Dumbbell Cuban Press is a compound exercise for the shoulders. Main target: lateral deltoid. Also works: posterior deltoid, upper traps and triceps. Equipment: dumbbell.
Muscles worked
How to do it
- Stand with light dumbbells and pull them up along your body to chest level, elbows out — an upright-row position with upper arms parallel to the floor.
- Keeping the elbows in place, rotate the forearms up and back until the dumbbells point to the ceiling.
- From this externally rotated position, press the dumbbells overhead.
- Reverse the sequence step by step back to the start and repeat.
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Iron Cross
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Single-Arm Dumbbell Overhead Carry
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One-Arm Incline Lateral Raise
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Alternatives with other equipment
Smith Machine One-Arm Upright Row
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Upright Barbell Row
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Cable Lateral Raise
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Lateral Raise - With Bands
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Machine Lateral Raise
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Lateral deltoid
Arm Circles
Bodyweight
Lateral deltoid
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