Cable Shoulder Press

Shoulders · Cable

How to do it

Pulleys at the bottom and stand right between the two towers. Take a handle in each hand at shoulder height, palms forward, feet planted and abs braced. Press both arms up to locked elbows, bringing your hands slightly together at the top, and lower under control without the stacks resting. The cable pulls down and back, so your core works to keep you upright the whole time. The classic mistake is arching your lower back to press: ribs down and glutes squeezed before the first rep.

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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