< strong>Improve shoulder strength: rack shoulder press

If you want to build strong upper body muscles and strength, you have to practice shoulder press!

The shoulder press is one of the best exercises for developing upper body muscle strength. It mainly develops the strength of our vertical push! It mainly trains the deltoid muscles of the shoulders, trapezius muscles, upper chest, and triceps of the arms. Since it is a standing position, it also challenges our core strength!

Today I want to share with you a great shoulder press variation to help you improve your shoulder press strength!

Rack shoulder press

Use the safety rack for shoulder press training! The movement requires starting from a completely still posture (the bottom of the movement) and then performing concentric contraction

Benefits of doing so:

1. Develop the strength to get up from the bottom

After the weight completely stops at the bottom, in order to push the weight up, your body must learn how to generate large force in a short period of time. Develop the absolute power of our concentric contraction!

2. Break through the sticking point

The sticking point means the angle where it is most difficult for the muscles to exert force. Sticking points will appear in many movements. At the bottom area where you have just pushed up, use racking movements to strengthen it to help you improve this weak link!

The following is the action process

Set the safety pin at the top, close to the bridge of your nose, not too low

Other tips! Same as the traditional shoulder press:

1. Use a medium grip, slightly external rotation of the shoulders, grasp the barbell with both hands, and the forearms are vertical to the ground (front and side)

2. Clamp your buttocks, tighten your abdomen, maintain body tension, and complete the shoulder push upwards!

3. Then slowly lower the barbell to the safety rack, stay, and continue the action! >