Standing Military Press

Shoulders · Barbell

How to do it

Standing, bar on your upper chest, hands just outside your shoulders, elbows slightly forward. Squeeze glutes and abs so your lower back does not compensate. Press straight up and, once the bar passes your forehead, **move your head through** so the weight finishes right over your shoulders. Lower under control to your collarbones. You feel front delt and triceps. The classic mistake is arching your back and turning it into a standing incline press.

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, Core

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