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Leverage Shoulder Press

Leverage Shoulder Press is a beginner strength exercise using machine. It works the shoulders, with help from the triceps.

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Main muscles
shoulders
Also works
triceps

How to do it

  1. Load an appropriate weight onto the pins and adjust the seat for your height. The handles should be near the top of the shoulders at the beginning of the motion. Your chest and head should be up and handles held with a pronated grip. This will be your starting position.
  2. Press the handles upward by extending through the elbow.
  3. After a brief pause at the top, return the weight to just above the start position, keeping tension on the muscles by not returning the weight to the stops until the set is complete.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Leverage Shoulder Press: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin