OVERHEAD PRESS (OHP)

Exercise Execution:

  • Assume a shoulder width stance and place your hands at (or just outside of) shoulder width with a pronated grip on the bar.
  • Step underneath the bar and unrack it while keeping the spine in a neutral position.
  • Take two steps back, inhale, brace, tuck the chin, then press the bar to lockout overhead.
  • Exhale once the bar gets to lockout and reverse the movement slowly while controlling the bar back to your chest.

Potential Alternative Exercises:

DUMBBELL REAR DELT FLY

CABLE LATERAL RAISE

OVERHEAD PRESS (OHP)

FACE PULL

SINGLE-ARM DUMBBELL SHOUDLER PRESS