How To Overhead Press : Full Guide To Overhead Press

The Overhead Press In today article we will talk about another compound movement that is rarely used ,because of his unique way of execution and maybe a lot of people find it hard and unsafe to do , and therefore we wrote this full guide about Overhead Press ,How To Do The Overhead Press Properly ?, Which muscles does overhead press work? , Is shoulder press and overhead press the same? , What does the overhead press do? And We will answer more question 

How To Overhead Press Properly : 

The Overhead Press is a compound movement that will work all your body part , but greatly your shoulders and your arms and one of the greatest benefits of the overhead press is that it will target all your 3 head of your shoulders because the shoulder is a combination of three muscles the front delt the side and the rear delt and the overhead press will work all of this three heads which lake a great a complete exercise for your shoulder  in the aspect of hypertrophy or in the strength prospect  .And let talk about the How , how to overhead press correctly surprisingly it very easy and safe more than the squat and the bench but i should say that when we talk talk about the overhead press is mean doing the exercise while you are standing not sitting because there is a big difference between  these two and let go back to our subject about the HOW , first thing first let start with empty bar like always and that just to get familiar with correct form so first thing let start from the bottom your leg should be strait all the time without bending your knees also your core should be tight and that the key about the overhead press is while your arms and yours shoulders work on pressing the weight up the rest of your body will work on maintain the balance to do the press while you are standing ,so let talk about the position as we already mentioned it you body should stay tight in all the exercise phase and for the bar grab it with your hands with a thumbs grip you should never go thumb under the bar  on this exercise because the bar may slip from your hands and fall to your face when you press the bar up you should lock your elbows to let the shoulder and arms do the press and when the bar is up your arms should be fully extend and shrug your trap and also you should lock you bones shoulder backward to let your bone sculpture lift the weight and not be in risk

Once the bar is up and you are in the perfect form now is the time to the way  down and it just by lowering the bar down to your shoulders and that it your start point to the next reps , keep in mind that there no risk in this exercise like the bench press or the squat because if the weight is too much for you you simply can't lifted over your head if you are the proper form and always keep your body tight and never ever help yourself by bending your knees because by doing this you are lifting weight more than your shoulders and your arms can handle that why you should always keep your body as straight as possible and lifted with your thumbs around the bar to avoid the slip of the bar from your hands ,also already mentioned lock your elbows and dot let them to be  wide open always keep them parallel to each other as a possible as you can and that put more work on your shoulders when you keep your forearms parallel to each others  , and keep in mind to keep your in a neutral position facing the ceiling always .

Which muscles does overhead press work ? :

Well as one of the compound movement The Overhead Press target multiple muscles at the same time , but as a matter affect the Overhead Press engage all your body at the same time and as we already mentioned it focus on your shoulders because it a complete exercise for hitting all your  three shoulder heads and also your arms because they have a big factor in lifting and pressing the weight up and pressing means pushing and that mean that the triceps will do the major work  ,and for the rest it will engage your core your lower and upper back and also your lower body part because they are the responsible for maintaining balance during the exercise .

Is shoulder press and overhead press the same ? :

Well you can say that in general they are the same because in both of them you'll be using your shoulders to press the weight  , but there is a bit of difference between them as example for the shoulder press you'll be focusing more on front delt and put a lot of stress on them because you'll be focusing just to press the weight up not like the overhead press where you should press the weight all the way up your head , and this make the difference between them that the overhead press will target all your shoulders part and another thing i should add is that the overhead press is a compound movement and more strict than the shoulder press as being more isolation exercise .

What does the overhead press do ? :

Even that we already spoken about it but we will repeat that the overhead press is a compound movement that will engage your all body part , it will work your shoulders and your arms that they responsible for pressing the way up and your core and lower body the one responsible for balance ,so it's a great exercise for building muscles and for hypertrophy and building strength and also mobility and balance .

Overhead Press Variation :

There are two  mainly variation of the overhead press standing and seated overhead press for the big image we can say they are identical in activating your shoulders and your arms but in the difference between those two  are in the activation of the rest of your body because the standing overhead press require more stability and balance than  the seated overhead press and those requirement comes from engaging the core and legs muscles to maintain your balance , so the final word you can press more weight in the seated version of the overhead press . 

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