Mueff / Moves / Overhead press
How to do an overhead press
Weights at your shoulders, ribs down.
- Brace your belly and squeeze your glutes.
- Press the weights straight up past your ears.
- Lower them back to your shoulders.
What it works
You should feel it in your shoulders and triceps. Strength move, medium level, for the shoulders, arms and core.
- Coach's cue
- Ribs down, press past the ears
- In a Medium session
- 3 × 8
- Equipment
- Dumbbells, barbell or kettlebell
- Level
- Medium
- Type
- Strength
- Works
- shoulders, arms, core
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