The Curl to Press (Split Stance) Exercise is a great way to develop your hip and core stability while working your biceps and shoulders.
The Curl to Press (Split Stance) Exercise forms part of the Golf Strength and Endurance series of innovative and dynamic exercises that are designed to efficiently increase your stabilising strength – supporting proper body alignment, movement patterns, and energy transfer within the golf swing, and helping to prevent injuries.
Equipment
This exercise requires a pair of dumbbells.
This is dedicated strength exercise, so choose a weight that is heavy enough to make the movement challenging, but enables you to complete all of your repetitions (reps) with proper form. The last couple of reps should be very difficult, but make sure that you can perform them properly.
If you are performing this exercise as part of a Golf Loopy Train like a Champion System programme workout, you should be able to complete the prescribed number of reps in the allotted time with proper form – adjust your tempo accordingly.
See How Much Weight Should I Lift? for more information.
Steps
- Start by standing in perfect posture, holding a dumbbell in each hand, with one foot on a step or bench in front of you, your toes on both feet pointing forwards.
- Activate your back glutes and push your hips forwards to move your weight towards your front foot.
- Perform a bicep curl as you rotate your palms so that they are facing your shoulders.
- Press the weights over your head as you rotate your palms so that they are facing forwards.
- Slowly lower the weights back to the starting position by reversing the movement.
- Perform the desired number of repetitions.
- Switch legs and repeat.
Keep your abdominal muscles engaged, your back flat, and your shoulder blades pulled back and down. Do not let your back arch as you press the weights overhead.
Contract your back glutes for stability.
You should feel it working your biceps, shoulders, hips and core.
Variation
There are a number of other shoulder press exercises in the Golf Loopy Train like a Champion System that offer a variety of challenges, you can see them all by clicking here.
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