Shoulders · Barbell

Seated 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

Seated Military Press (Barbell), step by step

  1. 01

    Set a bench inside a squat rack with the bar at about shoulder height.

  2. 02

    Sit down and take the bar just outside your shoulders, then unrack it.

  3. 03

    Sit tall with your back supported and your stomach braced.

  4. 04

    Press the bar straight overhead, moving your head back slightly as it passes.

  5. 05

    Lower it slowly to the top of your chest and rerack carefully at the end.

Seated 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 Seated 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.