Beginner exercise

Cable Shoulder Press

  • Muscle Growth
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform Cable Shoulder Press

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

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Medial Deltoid.

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid1.0Target, Mover, Stabilizer
Medial Deltoid0.9Target, Mover, Stabilizer