Strength · Vertical press · Barbell
Overhead Press
Overhead Press is a strength exercise with a barbell that mainly works the front delts, with help from the side delts, triceps and traps.
How to do it
- Brace the glutes and abs, lean back only slightly
- Bar starts on the front of the shoulders
- Head back as the bar passes, then through under the bar
- Lock out with the bar over the middle of the foot
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 5–8 reps with 3:00 rest. When every set reaches 8 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Warm-up sets are planned from your first work set: the empty bar, then 40, 60 and 80 %.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Front delts
Also
- Side delts
- Triceps
- Traps
Joints it loads
- Shoulder a lot
- Wrist some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of overhead press, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.