Military Press Exercise Video

Exercise Instructions:

The military press is one of the old school shoulder building exercises and forms the cornerstone of many good shoulder workouts. Setup for the military press by loading the weight you want to use on a barbell. Stand facing the barbell with your feet at around shoulder width apart. Grasp the barbell using a overhand grip (palms facing the floor) with your hands at around shoulder width apart. Keeping your back straight, pick up the bar off the floor and raise it to your shoulders, then above your head. This is the starting position for the exercise. Keeping your back straight and upright (don't lean back), slowly lower the bar down until it almost touches your upper chest. Pause, then slowly raise the barbell back up without locking the elbows out at the top of the movement. Repeat for desired reps.

Tips & Advice:

It's important that you keep your body straight throughout the set, don't lean back as this could lead to injury when using heavy weights. Keep the rep timing slow, don't use momentum to move the weight up! Use a full range of motion by lowering the bar as far as possible, and raising all the way up without locking your elbows out at the top of the movement. Don't "rest" with the weight on your chest during the set!

More Barbell Shoulder Exercises:

1. Military Press Behind Neck
2. Standing Alternating Front/Back Barbell Press
3. Seated Barbell Press
4. Seated Barbell Press Behind Neck
5. Seated Alternating Front/Back Barbell Press
6. Barbell Front Raise
7. High Barbell Front Raise
8. Seated Barbell Front Raise
9. Seated High Barbell Front Raise
10. Lying Rear Delt Barbell Raise
11. Clean Press
12. Rear Delt Barbell Row To Neck

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