How-To Perform Seated Barbell Shoulder Press | Shoulders Exercise Tutorial

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The seated barbell shoulder press is a deltoid building behemoth – working all three heads of the deltoid with the addition of the triceps, traps, and core as secondary helpers. Since you’ll be in a seated position, the balance and stability increases compared to the standing variation, but you’ll have no ability to push through your legs for extra help, so all the effort will come from your shoulders to push the weight up.

How to Perform:
Place a bench or seat in a power rack.
Have the barbell racked at about clavicle height.
Take a seat and with a vertical torso, brace your core.
Grasp the bar at about shoulder width, unrack the bar, and lower it to your clavicle.
Press the bar straight up, bobbing your head out of the bar path.
Once you reach the top position, slightly elevate your shoulders for better trapezius engagement and stabilization..
Slowly lower the bar back down to your clavicle.

What not to do:

DO NOT lean back. Leaning back will decrease your core activation, making the movement unstable and increasing the activation and strain in your lower back. Maintain a vertical and rigid torso.

DO NOT grasp the bar too wide. This will break the vertical pressing motion and instead force you to push outward, which will be less beneficial for shoulder activation. Instead, grasp the bar slightly outside shoulder width.

DO NOT perform with a short range of motion. This is true with any exercise, but this one in particular is seen performed with a short range of motion in either direction. Get comfortable bobbing your head out of the bar path and perform with the full range of motion.

The seated barbell shoulder press should be a staple in your shoulder development as it will help build the size and strength in your delts. No cap…except in this case, because you’ll be capping those delts.

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