ARNOLD PALMER PRESS FOR SHOULDER STRENGTH & STABILITY

ARNOLD PALMER PRESS 

What You Need To Know is as follows:

1. What is produced when a renowned bodybuilding exercise is combined with a practical twist for shoulder health and performance? The Arnold Palmer Press, the best press you're NOT doing, is now available.

2. From a half-kneeling stance, raise a single kettlebell in your palm and press it overhead while rotating and abducting your body. You now have the ideal upgrade to the standard Arnold Press that is shoulder friendly.

3. The asymmetrical design, greater surface area contract of the palm on the bell, together with rotational ranges of motion supported by the fascial sling system, all contribute to the beauty of the Arnold Palmer Press.

4. Plan the Arnold Palmer Press with an emphasis on strength and hypertrophy in higher rep ranges (8–20). The best way to train this move is as an accessory exercise or as the final pressing exercise of any upper body training day.

Introducing The Arnold Palmer Press

The Arnold Palmer Press exploits natural asymmetry by combining a novel single-arm kettlebell palm press with the rotational components of the traditional Arnold Press for shoulder development. Together, the rotational functional sling system range of motion and the palm on the bell technique reduce structural shoulder stress while releasing mobility and range.

The best functional finisher you've ever used for shoulders that simultaneously improves mobility, builds shoulders, and challenges hip and core stability also includes the half kneeling stance and base of support. In search of a universal upper body shoulder finisher? One of the best I've ever used is right here.

Your How To Guide To Overhead Press Like The King

• Get into an active half kneeling 90-90 position with your front leg opposite of the side you’re kettlebell pressing with.

• Actively engage your glutes and adductors while gripping BOTH feet into the ground.

• Brace your core with 360 degree tension linking the mid section to the legs

• Place a kettlebell in your hand holding the “bell” portion of this weight.

• Start the kettlebell in front of your face with tension throughout the body.

• Note the opposite arm should be strong, braced and out to the side like a cross.

• Press the kettlebell “out and up” overhead in a controlled range of motion.

• Achieve full overhead range of motion with biceps next to ear without compensating.

• Lower the weight eccentrically in the exact same rotational range you pressed with.

• Continue pressing for the desired rep range, then switch to the opposite side.

Arnold Palmer Press Training & Programming Considerations

The Arnold Palmer Press is best suited for rep ranges that stress the shoulders, hips, and core with higher total time under tension and technical skill mastery, such as upper strength (8–12 reps) or classic hypertrophy (12–20 reps). The best way to get the intended training impact would be to perform a number of sets with rest intervals of roughly 30 to 60 seconds (train both sides!).

The anterior, middle, and posterior parts of the deltoid, as well as the posterior chain scapular stabilisers, will all be directly targeted as the dynamic muscle movers because of the rotational elements of the dynamic overhead kettlebell palm press.
But a rock-solid core and lower body are the cornerstones of an overhead press. In order to connect this kinetic chain from the ground to the fingertips upon the press, the half-kneeling posture should kick on stability from the glutes, adductors, and ground foot contraction. It should also radiate tension up chain into the core and abdominals.
The key to gaining, maintaining, and scaling static tension at the legs, hips, and core, as well as smooth articulate motion at the shoulders and arms, should be placed in ALL parts of the body, just like it would be with any other flawlessly executed functional exercise.
To give those shoulders a little more love over a full range of motion while taxing the core and heart rate, add the Arnold Palmer Press to the end of your next upper body training day as a tough metabolic stress finisher.