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Really good info. I tend to do OHP with about a 45° angle on the dumbbell because I feel like it’s a healthier position for my shoulders. Am I on the right track?

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You’d have to show me a pic or something, I’m having a hard time visualizing that.

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Instead of my hands being parallel to my shoulders, I turn them slightly so the end of the dumbbell closest to me is pointed toward my shoulder a bit. It feels like less opportunity for impingement. Am I ruining the move?

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I think I can see that. that's mostly fine. ideally with pressing you want the thoracic spine relatively neutral and the scap more protracted (not squeezed together)

then hand/elbow placement doesn't matter as much unless you're at the extremes.

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Thanks you.

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