Shoulders · Barbell

Behind Head Military Press (Barbell)

Shoulders exercise with a barbell. Works the shoulders and triceps.

Shoulders Barbell Weights

The same demo you get in the app. Tap any exercise there for its stats and history.

How to do it

Behind Head Military Press (Barbell), step by step

  1. 01

    Sit on an upright bench with a barbell resting behind your head on your upper back.

  2. 02

    Grip the bar wider than your shoulders with your forearms vertical.

  3. 03

    Press the bar straight up until your arms are extended.

  4. 04

    Lower it slowly back behind your head, only as far as your shoulders comfortably allow.

  5. 05

    Keep the weight light, this position asks a lot of your shoulders.

Behind Head Military Press (Barbell) in Trainlike

Your next weight is already set.

Log this lift and Trainlike reads your sets against your best. Close out your rep range and the next workout opens with the weight moved up.

Come up short and it eases back by the real distance your sets showed, then climbs again as soon as you do. Every verdict opens the receipt: the number you had to beat and the sets that beat it.

+5 LBSMATCH YOUR BESTEASING BACK −5 LBS

How verdicts work in the user guide.

Train it, get it graded.

Log the Behind Head Military Press (Barbell) in Trainlike and every workout comes back with a grade, the evidence, and your next target.

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First three workouts free, insights included.