Push Press - Behind the Neck — Dumbbell Variation
Dumbbell version of the Push Press - Behind the Neck. Same target muscle (shoulders) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Push Press - Behind the Neck is a PUSH shoulders parent; the DB swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Push Press - Behind the Neck
canonical record
Primary muscle
Shoulders
trained via parent
Equipment
Dumbbell
this variation
Parent docs
522
low third · 204 DB
Push Press - Behind the Neck opens on force profile: a PUSH parent (Push Press - Behind the Neck) swapped onto Dumbbell. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (shoulders) or kit.
This DB substitute sits in the lower third of the 883-page catalogue by parent instruction mass (< 657 chars). Short parents are intentional catalogue stubs; open the parent only for orientation, then judge the swap visually.
DB swap on Push Press - Behind the Neck (PUSH · DOC · force)
One of 204 Dumbbell substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Push Press - Behind the Neck is shoulders · barbell · intermediate with 522 instruction characters (DOC, low corpus band). Use this page when dumbbell is what you have; open the parent for the step list.
Educational catalogue only, not medical or personal-training advice.
Parent exercise · DOC
Parent docs are thin (522 chars). Use Push Press - Behind the Neck as orientation, then judge the DB pattern live before loading volume.
Safety notes · DB · PUSH/COMPOUND
Free-weight DB compounds raise stabilizer demand on the PUSH path. Confirm shoulders still leads before swapping into a programmed set. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Push Press - Behind the Neck
Nearest DB cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DOC · PUSH/COMPOUND · MID), plus parent and guide.
Standing Cable Chest Press — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Standing Cable Chest Press (chest). Parent docs 522 chars · Δ0 vs this DOC parent.
Leverage Iso Row — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Leverage Iso Row (lats). Parent docs 520 chars · Δ2 vs this DOC parent.
Elevated Back Lunge — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Elevated Back Lunge (quadriceps). Parent docs 526 chars · Δ4 vs this DOC parent.
Jerk Dip Squat — Dumbbell Variation
DB swap on Jerk Dip Squat (quadriceps). Parent docs 526 chars · Δ4 vs this DOC parent.
Push Press — Dumbbell Variation
THIN pole in the DB cohort, parent Push Press at 2 instruction chars.
Power Clean — Dumbbell Variation
DEEP pole in the DB cohort, parent Power Clean at 3264 instruction chars.
Push Press - Behind the Neck
Canonical parent (BARBELL · PUSH · COMPOUND). Steps and muscle map live here, this page is the DB substitute only.
Compound vs isolation
Guide drill for a DB · MID · DOC substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.