Seated Barbell Shoulder Press
Compound exercise · vertical push
How to do it
- Sit upright on the bench, brace your core, and hold the barbell at shoulder height.
- Press the bar overhead under control.
- Lower it slowly back down to just below chin height.
Muscles involved
- chest
- 100
- triceps
- 50
- shoulders
- 50
- forearms
- 20
- abdominals
- 20
- obliques
- 20
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- vertical push
- Equipment
- barbell, flat bench
- Variations
- both arms
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