How to Do the Machine Shoulder (Military) Press
💪 Shoulders, Triceps🏋️ Machine📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Sit down on the Shoulder Press Machine and select the weight.
- Grab the handles to your sides as you keep the elbows bent and in line with your torso. This will be your starting position.
- Now lift the handles as you exhale and you extend the arms fully. At the top of the position make sure that you hold the contraction for a second.
- Lower the handles slowly back to the starting position as you inhale.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Machine Shoulder (Military) Press primarily targets your Shoulders, with support from your Triceps. You'll need machine.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Machine Shoulder (Military) 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.