Here’s one of my NFL athletes Bryce Jones demonstrating the dumbbell Z press. The Z press is a unique but incredibly effective overhead pressing variation as it holds a number of benefits for improving strength, stability, mobility, postural alignment, and overhead mechanics. Many lifters have tendency to over-arch their lumbar spine when performing overhead presses simply because they lack the ability to extend their t-spine and engage their core. With the Z press it literally forces the lifter