Shoulders · Barbell · Compound · Beginner
Bradford/Rocky Presses


PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
- Also working
- Triceps
How to do it
- Sit on a Military Press Bench with a bar at shoulder level with a pronated grip (palms facing forward). Tip: Your grip should be wider than shoulder width and it should create a 90-degree angle between the forearm and the upper arm as the barbell goes down. This is your starting position.
- Once you pick up the barbell with the correct grip, lift the bar up over your head by locking your arms.
- Now lower the bar down to the back of the head slowly as you inhale.
- Lift the bar back up to the starting position as you exhale.
- Lower the bar down to the starting position slowly as you inhale. This is one repetition.
- Alternate in this manner until you complete the recommended amount of repetitions.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the shoulders as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other shoulder exercises
- Battling Ropes · Other
- Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench · Dumbbell
- Bent Over Low-Pulley Side Lateral · Cable
- Cable Internal Rotation · Cable
- Cable Rear Delt Fly · Cable
- Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows · Cable
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