How to do Push Press - Behind the Neck

Muscles worked

Main: Shoulders. Also: Calves, Quads, Triceps.

Step by step

1. Standing with the weight racked on the back of the shoulders, begin with the dip. With your feet directly under your hips, flex the knees without moving the hips backward. Go down only slightly, and reverse direction as powerfully as possible. Drive through the heels create as much speed and force as possible, moving the bar in a vertical path.
2. Using the momentum generated, finish pressing the weight overhead be extending through the arms.
3. Return to the starting position, using your legs to absorb the impact.

Similar exercises

• Clean and Jerk
• Jerk Balance
• Rack Delivery
• Clean
• Clean Deadlift
• Clean from Blocks

Instructions from Free Exercise DB, in the public domain. General guidance, not medical advice. Stop if anything hurts.