Anti-Gravity Press

Technique

How to perform Anti-Gravity Press

1. Set an incline bench and lie face down with your chest and hips supported and your feet on the floor.
2. Take a pronated grip on the barbell and bring it near your upper chest to establish the starting position.
3. Press the bar outward in front of your head, allowing your upper arms to move as your elbows straighten.
4. Keep the reach approximately parallel to the floor and keep your chest against the pad rather than lifting your torso to move the bar.
5. Let your shoulder blades move with the reach instead of holding them tightly down and back.
6. Bend your elbows and bring the bar back toward your upper chest under control.
7. Repeat the press from that position; the initial reverse curl is only for setup.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid.