Thread: Cuban Presses

Got me curious so I hunted it down, go here. Scroll down untill you find it, doesn't sound much to me.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...scle=Shoulders

I can press 2 cubans, three if they're girls. I once pressed a cuban and a russian. But that's another story.

So !!.

sam, thanks for the link dude.
19inch: wtf?

Look just like Arnold presses.

Not quite, Arnold presses start from a normal weight at shoulders position. This seems to start from a low position like reverse curls. I take it you actually more or less curl the weight up to the high position, while squeezing your shoulders together. And back down. At least that is what I get from the description , and photos.

Ok, I found a better description using a bar.

Start from the same position that you would end up with doing an up-right row. But with a wider grip so your upper arms are level with your shoulders. Rotate the bar outward and up to a full military press position. Return by rotating the bar back inward at the shoulder level position. Light weight is recommended to start this one with. It's a rotor cuff exercise.

sounds like a form of front raises to me, just going all the way up, not just parallel with the floor

No front raises are a straight lateral movement. This has a rotation to it, I tried a few to see. I don't know how much good they would do, but they are very stressful. The site I found the above description on, recommended using only the weight of an Olympic bar at first 45 Lb.