How to Do the Barbell Guillotine Bench Press

Intermediate · Barbell · Targets Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

How to perform it

1. Using a medium width grip (a grip that creates a 90-degree angle in the middle of the movement between the forearms and the upper arms), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over your neck with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.
2. As you breathe in, bring the bar down slowly until it is about 1 inch from your neck.
3. After a second pause, bring the bar back to the starting position as you breathe out and push the bar using your chest muscles. Lock your arms and squeeze your chest in the contracted position, hold for a second and then start coming down slowly again. It should take at least twice as long to go down than to come up.
4. Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
5. When you are done, place the bar back in the rack.

Muscles worked

The Barbell Guillotine Bench Press primarily targets your Chest, with support from your Shoulders, Triceps. You'll need barbell.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Barbell Guillotine Bench Press slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.