PUSH PRESS

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, and tuck the chin to prepare to go overhead.
  • Dip slightly at the knees and hips, then press the bar to lockout overhead by extending your legs and arms simultaneously.
  • Exhale once the bar gets to lockout and reverse the movement slowly while controlling the bar back to your chest.

Potential Alternative Exercises:

SHOULDER PRESS MACHINE

SMITH SHOULDER PRESS

DUMBBELL Y RAISE

SEATED BARBELL SHOULDER PRESS

OVERHEAD PRESS (OHP)