Barbell Push and Press
How to Do Barbell Push and Press
- Stand with feet hip width apart and grasp a barbell with an overhand grip.
- Make sure your hands are placed slightly wider than shoulder-width.
- Bring the bar to chest height and slightly retract your head back.
- Bend the knees, hips and ankles to dip slightly.
- Use your legs to explosively drive your body upwards and drive the barbell off your shoulders, extending your arms overhead.
- Lower the bar to your shoulders and repeat.
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Barbell Push and Press Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Barbell Push and Press targets shoulders and also works abs and glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and triceps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: barbell / ez-bar.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Open scarecrows, dumbbell shrugs and barbell shoulder press / overhead press. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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