Seated Cable Shoulder Press

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Seated Cable Shoulder Press — start position
Start
Seated Cable Shoulder Press — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryShoulders
SecondaryTriceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Adjust the weight to an appropriate amount and be seated, grasping the handles. Your upper arms should be about 90 degrees to the body, with your head and chest up. The elbows should also be bent to about 90 degrees. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    Begin by extending through the elbow, pressing the handles together above your head.

  3. 03

    After pausing at the top, return the handles to the starting position. Ensure that you maintain tension on the cables.

  4. 04

    You can also execute this movement with your back off the pad and alternate hands.

In the app

Seated Cable Shoulder Press appears when you own a cable stack and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a cable stack

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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