Shoulders · Machine

Behind Neck Press (Smith Machine)

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

Shoulders Machine Weights

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

How to do it

Behind Neck Press (Smith Machine), step by step

  1. 01

    Set a bench inside a Smith machine and sit with the bar behind your head.

  2. 02

    Grip the bar wider than your shoulders and unhook it.

  3. 03

    Press the bar straight up until your arms are extended.

  4. 04

    Lower it slowly toward the base of your neck, going only as far as feels comfortable.

  5. 05

    Use a light weight and rehook the bar carefully at the end.

Behind Neck Press (Smith Machine) 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 Neck Press (Smith Machine) 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.