Shoulders · Machine · Compound · Beginner
Leverage Shoulder Press
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
- Also working
- Triceps
How to do it
- Load an appropriate weight onto the pins and adjust the seat for your height. The handles should be near the top of the shoulders at the beginning of the motion. Your chest and head should be up and handles held with a pronated grip. This will be your starting position.
- Press the handles upward by extending through the elbow.
- After a brief pause at the top, return the weight to just above the start position, keeping tension on the muscles by not returning the weight to the stops until the set is complete.
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
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- Landmine Linear Jammer · Barbell
- Lateral Raise - With Bands · Bands
- Log Lift · Other
- Low Pulley Row To Neck · Cable
- Lying One-Arm Lateral Raise · Dumbbell
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