Smith Machine Shoulder Press
Sit or stand under the Smith machine with the bar positioned just below chin level and hands slightly wider than shoulder-width. Brace your core and keep your chest up. Press the bar straight upward until your arms are almost fully extended, keeping wrists stacked over elbows. Lower the bar slowly back to the starting position under control, maintaining a neutral spine throughout.
How it is executed
- Sit or stand under the Smith machine with the bar positioned just below chin level and hands slightly wider than shoulder-width.
- Brace your core and keep your chest up.
- Press the bar straight upward until your arms are almost fully extended, keeping wrists stacked over elbows.
- Lower the bar slowly back to the starting position under control, maintaining a neutral spine throughout.
- Muscles worked
- Shoulders
- Primary muscle
- Front delt
- Equipment
- Smith machine
- Movement pattern
- Push
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- Strength · Hypertrophy
