Push Press - Behind the Neck
Push Press - Behind the Neck is a compound olympic weightlifting exercise using barbell that trains the shoulders.
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Primary muscles: Shoulders
Secondary muscles: Calves, Quadriceps, Triceps
How to do it
- Standing with the weight racked on the back of the shoulders, begin with the dip. With your feet directly under your hips, flex the knees without moving the hips backward. Go down only slightly, and reverse direction as powerfully as possible. Drive through the heels create as much speed and force as possible, moving the bar in a vertical path.
- Using the momentum generated, finish pressing the weight overhead be extending through the arms.
- Return to the starting position, using your legs to absorb the impact.
Track it with MyoAmigo
MyoAmigo pre-fills every set of the Push Press - Behind the Neck from last time, charts your estimated 1RM trend so you can see strength move without testing a true max, and flags a stall with a concrete fix. It also credits this work toward your weekly Shoulders volume on the MyoMap heatmap. New to the movement? Start with picking a working weight and progressive overload.
