The lying leg press consists of lying on a seat at a diagonal angle with your feet pressed against a plate at a 45-degree angle in relation to the floor. With your legs flexed initially, push the leg plate away from you. Although this exercise increases some muscle strength and hypertrophy in your lower body, it does little to promote full-body strength because your body is supported by the machine, says physical therapist Gray Cook, author of "Movement." Alternative exercises to the leg press, such as the squat, step-up and lunge, helps you...
The military press machine strengthens your shoulders. Also known as a shoulder press, the military press is a compound movement as you bend and straighten two joints: your elbows and shoulders. A military press machine is foun...
Using dumbbells for a pressing exercise expands your movement and grip options beyond what you can do with a barbell. An alternating movement allows you to focus one on side at a time and increases the balance challenge of the ...
It can be done with dumbbells, barbells, other weighted implements or machines at a gym. Usually, the exercise is done while pressing with both arms together, but the alternate shoulder press, also known as an alternating shoul...
Prior to the invention of the bench press, most pressing consisted of overhead pressing, but some pressing from the floor occurred. The floor press works your chest, shoulders and triceps, but not to the same degree the bench p...
The alternating shoulder press is part of the P90X shoulders and arms workout, which includes several pressing, curling and pushing movements. The alternating shoulder press exercise targets your shoulder muscles, especially th...
