How To Do Military Press Video

Working out with military press exercises. Learn tips and techniques for working out the chest, back, shoulders, and arms in this weightlifting video.

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Works deltoids
Use a spotter
Drop weight below chin
Don't sway with weights

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Lance is certified personal trainer through American Fitness Association of America. He graduated from UNC with a biology degree and currently works for a gym. He specializes in weight training, circuit training, endurance training, and teaching people the proper forms for exercise. He enjoys helping others reach their goals.

LANCE BUMGARNER: Okay. Now, I'm going to be demonstrating the military press. It's very important to have a spotter with this exercise as you have to reach back to grab the weights. This exercise is going to be working your deltoids, the muscles in your shoulders. So with the spotter, grip the bar evenly on both sides, have the spotter help assist you with the lift over top of your head. As you bring the weights down slow, drop just below the chin and return to the starting position. Inhale on the way down; exhale on the way up. Inhale on the way down; exhale on the way up. Notice I'm moving the weights nice and slow, staying in control at all times. Notice this is not a machine. You are in control of the weights, making sure they don't sway to the sides, to the front or to the back. Have your spotter assist you in racking the weights. Just remember a few key points: it's very important to keep your feet firmly rooted into the ground and your back flushed with the back pad at all times, hand grip needs to be even on both sides, even from the center just outside shoulder width, bringing the bar straight down below your chin and returning back to the top. This is the military press working your shoulders.

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