Push Press
- Intermediate
- Functional
- Gym
The push press starts with the bar racked at your collarbones, then uses a quick dip and drive from your legs to help press it overhead. The leg drive lets you move more weight than a strict press, training the front delts, triceps and quads together. Intermediate lifters use it in the gym or functional training, for weight and reps as a main lift or a finisher.
- Muscles
- Front delts, Triceps, Quads
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Logged as
- Weight and reps
How to
- Hold the bar at your collarbones, feet hip-width.
- Dip your knees slightly, torso upright.
- Drive up with your legs and press the bar overhead.
- Lock out, then lower back to your shoulders.
Form cues
- Drive up the instant your knees finish dipping.
- Keep the bar path close to your face.
- Exhale sharply as you lock out overhead.
Common mistakes
- A pause creeps in between the dip and drive. Drive up in one continuous motion.
- Torso leans back to help the bar up. Keep your torso upright through the whole drive.
- Arms stay slightly bent at the top. Punch the bar up until your elbows lock.
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