A press you can sit down for

Shoulder Press Machine

Sit. Grab. Press overhead. Lower. Your back stays on the pad. You are not turning this into a chest press by leaning.

Hunter: I use this when the dumbbells feel unstable and the bar is a line. Same rule as any press: lockout you own. If I have to kick the stack up, I drop a pin.

Cues

Seat so the handles start about at the shoulders. Back on the pad.
Brace. Ribs down. Do not turn this into a backbend.
Press until the arms are long. Pause. Do not slam the plates.
Lower to about the ears or the machine's stop. Control.
Head stays quiet. You are not craning under the handles.

Setup

Pin you can own for 8-10. Three sets after a bench or as the main overhead. Rest about 90 seconds. Neutral handles if the machine has them. Dumbbell overhead press is the free-weight cousin. Log the tool.

Vs a dumbbell press

The machine fixes the path. Fine. It is not the same as bells. Log shoulder press machine. Do not write overhead press because the handles went up.

With a lateral

Press then laterals is a real shoulder bit. Three sets of laterals after. You do not need every raise angle in one visit.

If the machine is a line

Dumbbell overhead press still exists. Landmine press too. Log what you pressed. Matching last week beats waiting 15 minutes for a stack.

Common misses

Seat so low you are pressing from the chest. Bouncing. Arching off the pad. Partial reps that never lock. Also: a pin you copied from the chest-press machine.

FAQ

How high?

Until the elbows are long without the ribs flaring. Higher is usually a lean.

One arm?

If the machine allows. Log single-arm. Do both sides.

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