Intermediate exercise

See-Saw Press (Alternating Side Press)

  • Muscle Growth
  • Strength
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform See-Saw Press (Alternating Side Press)

  1. Stand with a dumbbell at each shoulder and your palms facing toward you.
  2. Press the left dumbbell overhead, allowing the palm to turn forward and the elbow to move outward.
  3. As you press, bend your torso toward the right in a controlled side bend without turning the movement into a forward fold.
  4. Lower the left dumbbell toward its shoulder as you press the right dumbbell and change the side bend toward the left.
  5. Continue the opposing up-and-down presses with both feet planted, then return both dumbbells to shoulder height to finish.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Medial Deltoid.

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid1.0Target, Mover
Medial Deltoid0.8Target, Mover
External Oblique0.6Mover, Stabilizer
Internal Oblique0.6Mover, Stabilizer
Serratus Anterior0.5Mover, Stabilizer
Trapezius0.5Mover
Erector Spinae0.4Mover, Stabilizer
Rectus Abdominis0.3Stabilizer