How to make a Shoulder Press? A basic and very complete exercise

He Shoulder Press is a very complete exercise That can help you develop the musculature of the upper zone of your body and get your goals. However, you have to be very careful when doing this exercise because your shoulders, rather, the rotating sleeves that are in the shoulder joint, can suffer some kind of injury during this exercise and prevent you from training. If you think your level allows you to run the Shoulder Press, we explain to you What is it, how it is done and what muscles work.

What is the Shoulder Press?

The Shoulder Press is known as the military press, although you will also listen to other ways of making reference to this exercise such as Overhead Press or Shoulder Press. This exercise, whose origin is found in hastairs, It is one of the basic exercises of Cross Training. It is a thrust exercise, which means that the Shoulder Press consists mainly of pushing an Olympic bar that is resting on the shoulders up to the head. To perform the Shoulder Press, it is necessary to know the technique in the heart, since those who do not execute it correctly usually abandoned by discomfort. In this exercise the shoulders are subject to a great effort, so you can suffer an overload or not get the desired results if you do a bad execution. If you have any questions in the execution of this exercise (or another), you can Ask your box's coach any consultation You have to advise you on everything you need.

How to make the military press

Do you want your shoulders to be the envy of your box? Follow the steps to make a shoulder press that we detail below: Steps to follow: This exercise is divided into two parts: The initial position and the thrust. We explain how each part is done so you can follow the technique of this exercise correctly. If you are going to raise a lot of weight, or want extra help, Do not forget to take a look at our wristbands. Initial position

We put ourselves in an initial position, with the legs separated at the same height as the hips.
Then we take the bar, the hands must be placed a little beyond the width of the shoulders. We must support the bar at the top of the chest, at the height of the clavicles.
Finally, remember that your back must be straight.

Push

Now we go with the thrust. To do this, he inspires deeply, squeeze the buttocks and keep their legs stretched to proceed to raise the bar (you can take some impulse slightly folding the knee and stretch them later). Make sure your feet are well supported on the ground.
Then, with the strength of your arms, the bar gradually rises so that it follows a vertical line.
Stretch your arms completely and block your elbows to finish. The hip, feet and bar must be aligned.
Slowly return to the initial position, put the bar again on your clavicles and repeat the exercise.

Although we must always be careful and Watch that our back does not archeish, especially to avoid injuries, when we perform a Shoulder Press is essential, since the trajectory of the bar and, therefore, the perfect execution of this exercise, will depend on our back being straight. Another of the most common mistakes when doing this exercise is to pass the bar behind the head. To do this, Move your head back. In the following video you can see How to do Shoulder Press following the step by step

What muscles are working when running the Shoulder Press?

The Shoulder Press is an thrust exercise with which the body's upper train is worked on. These are the most benefited muscles:

Deltoid
Trapeze
Triceps

Although your goal is to enhance shoulder muscles, nor stop working other areas of your body. If you don't know how, in our Blog You can find a wide variety of articles from different Cross Training Exercises.