dumbbell standing around world

A shoulders exercise targeting the delts, performed with dumbbell.

dumbbell standing around world demonstration
dumbbell standing around world β€” demonstration

Body part

Shoulders

Equipment

Dumbbell

Target muscles

Delts

Secondary muscles

Triceps, Forearms

How to do dumbbell standing around world

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a dumbbell in each hand.

  2. Extend your arms straight out to the sides at shoulder height, palms facing down.

  3. Keeping your arms straight, slowly rotate your arms in a circular motion, bringing the dumbbells in front of your body and then overhead.

  4. Continue the circular motion, bringing the dumbbells back down to the starting position.

  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Primary (target)

Delts

Secondary

TricepsForearms

Related exercises

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