Beginner exercise

Alternating Cable Shoulder Press

  • Muscle Growth
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform Alternating Cable Shoulder Press

  1. Move the cables to the bottom of the tower and select an appropriate weight.
  2. Grasp the cables and hold them at shoulder height, palms facing forward.
  3. This will be your starting position.
  4. Keeping your head and chest up, extend through the elbow to press one side directly over head.
  5. After pausing at the top, return to the starting position and repeat on the opposite side.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Medial Deltoid.

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid1.0Target, Mover
Medial Deltoid0.9Target, Mover
Serratus Anterior0.5Mover, Stabilizer
Trapezius0.5Mover