Resistance Band Overhead Press

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Finish

How to do it

Stand on the middle of the band with both feet, hold the handles at shoulder height with palms forward, and press straight up until the arms lock with the handles roughly over your ears.

Muscles worked

Primary: shoulders · Also works: triceps, upper chest

Equipment

Resistance bands

Common mistakes

• Standing on too little band so the tension disappears at the top of the press
• Leaning back and turning it into an incline press when the band gets heavy
• Pressing the hands out in front of the face instead of stacking them over the shoulders

Variations

• Split-stance band press
• Single-arm band press

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Half-Kneeling Band Shoulder Press
• Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
• Standing Overhead Press

Take care: ABROFIT automatically removes this movement for anyone who has flagged a shoulder problem. If that's you, use one of the swaps above and speak to a physio before loading it.

Related exercises

• Standing Overhead Pressshoulders
• Pike Push-Upshoulders
• Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders
• Shoulder Controlled Rotationsshoulders
• Face Pullshoulders
• Cable Lateral Raiseshoulders