Alternating Cable Shoulder Press

Shoulders · Cable

How to do it

Pulleys at the bottom and stand between the two towers. Take a handle in each hand at shoulder height, palms forward, and brace your abs and glutes. Press **one arm only** to a locked elbow overhead while the other holds its position; lower and swap. The waiting arm is what makes this a core exercise: the cable pulls that side and you are not allowed to lean. The classic mistake is letting the torso drift towards the pressing side; if you lean, drop the weight.

Variants

The drawing shows one way of doing it, and the technique above describes that one. Almost every exercise has variants — standing or seated, the grip, the bench angle — and is still the same exercise: if you do it another way, write it in the exercise note and you will have it every time you train it.

Also works: Triceps

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