Standing Barbell Shoulder Press
Compound exercise · vertical push
How to do it
- Stand firmly, brace your core, and hold the barbell at shoulder height.
- Press the bar straight overhead until it lines up over your shoulders, hips, and midfoot.
- Lower it back to shoulder height under control without over-arching your lower back.
Muscles involved
- shoulders
- 100
- triceps
- 60
- obliques
- 40
- serratus
- 30
- abdominals
- 30
- chest
- 20
- quadriceps
- 20
- forearms
- 20
- trapezius
- 10
- hamstrings
- 10
- upperBack
- 10
- hip abductors
- 10
- hip flexors
- 10
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- vertical push
- Equipment
- barbell
- Variations
- both arms
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