Try Alpha BRAIN® for FREE Try Alpha BRAIN® for FREE Learn More
Barbell Exercise: Military Press

Barbell Exercise: Military Press

Written by
September 25, 2014
Updated May 17, 2016
Category: Fitness

Summary

The Barbell Military Press is the good old standard for building upper body and shoulder strength. When performing heavy military presses you will notice big gains in other lifts as well as greater strength throughout your entire body. The military press is definitely a must for anyone looking to put on muscle and strength.

Exercise Steps

Step 1: Set up the loaded barbell at slightly lower than shoulder height in a rack

Step 2: Walk into the bar grasping it with both hands and driving your elbows under and forward

Step 3: Stand with the bar and step back to clear the rack

Step 4: From this position, press the barbell straight up to elbow lockout.

Step 5: Lower barbell back into the Rack Position.

Tips & Safety: Keep your back straight, heels down, and your core tight throughout the duration.

John Wolf is Onnit's Chief Fitness Officer, and an expert in unconventional training methods such as kettlebell, steel club, and suspension training. With 15-plus years of experience in the fitness industry, he has worked with rehab clients and athletes of all levels. He moves like Spider Man and can deadlift more than 500 pounds any day of the week.
Free shipping is offered on orders with a minimum subtotal of $100 less discounts. Free shipping is only available in the contiguous U.S. and excludes Fitness and Digital items.
For media inquiries please contact us at media@onnit.com.
With a subscription, you'll get your favorite Onnit products whenever you want at 15% off MSRP. All automatic, worry free, and with our same great money back guarantee.
Cancel or adjust your order at any time, hassle free. Your payment method will only be charged right before your order ships. The discount applied every time is 15% off MSRP or the current sale discount, whichever is greater. For more information, see the complete Onnit Subscription Terms & Conditions and Frequently Asked Questions.

Secure Shopping

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access any information on our website. We incorporate physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information, including Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the encryption of all financial transactions through the website. We use industry-standard, 256bit SSL encryption to protect your personal information online, and we also take several steps to protect your personal information in our facilities. For example, when you visit the website, you access servers that are kept in a secure physical environment, behind a locked cage and a hardware firewall. After a transaction, your credit card information is not stored on our servers.