Shoulders · Barbell · Compound · Beginner
Standing Bradford Press
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
- Also working
- Triceps
How to do it
- Place a loaded bar at shoulder level in a rack. With a pronated grip at shoulder width, begin with the bar racked across the front of your shoulders. This is your starting position.
- Initiate the lift by extending the elbows to press the bar overhead. Avoid locking out the elbow as you move the weight behind your head.
- Lower the bar down to the back of the head until your elbow forms a right angle.
- Lift the bar back over your head by extending the elbows
- Lower the bar down to the starting position.
- 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
- Smith Machine Overhead Shoulder Press · Machine
- Standing Alternating Dumbbell Press · Dumbbell
- Standing Barbell Press Behind Neck · Barbell
- Standing Dumbbell Press · Dumbbell
- Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head · Dumbbell
- Standing Front Barbell Raise Over Head · Barbell
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