Shoulders · Cable · Compound · Beginner
Cable Shoulder Press
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
- Also working
- Triceps
How to do it
- Move the cables to the bottom of the towers and select an appropriate weight.
- Stand directly in between the uprights. Grasp the cables and hold them at shoulder height, palms facing forward. This will be your starting position.
- Keeping your head and chest up, extend through the elbow to press the handles directly over head.
- After pausing at the top, return to the starting position and repeat.
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
- Cable Rear Delt Fly · Cable
- Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows · Cable
- Cable Seated Lateral Raise · Cable
- Car Drivers · Barbell
- Chair Upper Body Stretch · Other
- Circus Bell · Other
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