Alternate Hammer Action

Hold a suitable weighted dumbbell in each hand, with your palms facing each other, keeping the weights at arms length by your sides.

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Keeping your elbows tucked into your sides throughout the lift, smoothly take one weighted arm up towards your shoulders, keeping your palm facing across your body (thumb on top) at all times.

Lift and lower one arm at a time, aiming to keep your abdominals muscles tight throughout to avoid swinging or leaning forward during the movement, focusing on pulling your shoulders back and keeping your head up.

The level of difficulty for any weight lifting exercise, has a great emphasis on the amount of weight about to be lifted. Always aim to start with a light weight, adapting good technique prior to increasing the weight.