How to Do the Barbell Shoulder Press
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💪 Shoulders, Chest, Triceps🏋️ Barbell📊 Intermediate🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Sit on a bench with back support in a squat rack. Position a barbell at a height that is just above your head. Grab the barbell with a pronated grip (palms facing forward).
- Once you pick up the barbell with the correct grip width, lift the bar up over your head by locking your arms. Hold at about shoulder level and slightly in front of your head. This is your starting position.
- Lower the bar down to the shoulders slowly as you inhale.
- Lift the bar back up to the starting position as you exhale.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Barbell Shoulder Press primarily targets your Shoulders, with support from your Chest, Triceps. You'll need barbell.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Barbell Shoulder Press slots into a plan built for your goal — sets and reps set in the plan, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly check-in that adjusts your calories, macros and step goal.