Hand orientation while doing dumbell military press

[sportsfan]

Is there any difference in doing military dumbell presses with your palms facing forward versus doing them w/your palms facing inward(each other) ?

example

this


Vs.

this

 

[sportsfan]

bump........

 

[mike79]

acutally im not quite sure about that question, I dont believe it would be a huge difference, i do think palms facing towards each other, like the bottom picture , will put more strain on the front delt, while the first picture, (which is the way i do it) spreads out the force of the weight through the whole shoulder (front delt, side, and a bit on the rear delt) excuse the run on sentence,

 

[SgtTTTT]

Yes. You can also do them with thumbs-outboard, or rotating from thumbs-outboard on the down to thumbs-inboard on the up; tandem or alternate presses also have different effects (so does being upright, or leaning slightly back).

The basic Military-Press is a good, key exercise & it's worth doing. Likewise, for variety (which is good for growth-stimulus, fighting-boredom, & injury-prevention) any of its cousin exercises can also be substituted in its place for a time.