# Push Press (Barbell)

> An overhead press with a leg drive that lets you move heavier weight and trains the shoulders, triceps and legs together.

Page: https://fitnessie.app/exercises/push-press/
Type: Barbell · Push
Demo video: https://fitnessie.app/demos/push-press-barbell/77faeecf95e0be5d.mp4

## How to do it

1. Rack the bar on the front of your shoulders with your grip just outside them, elbows slightly forward.
2. Dip by bending your knees a few inches, keeping your chest up and elbows up.
3. Drive hard through your legs and press the bar straight up, moving your head back to clear it.
4. Lock out overhead with arms and legs straight, then lower the bar to your shoulders, absorbing it with your knees.

## Key cues

- Hips straight down, chest up
- Explode with the legs, finish with the arms
- Head back so the bar goes straight up
- Absorb the lowering with your legs

## Common mistakes

- Leaning forward in the dip
- Pressing the bar out in front instead of straight up
- Starting the press before the legs finish driving
- Dropping the bar onto your shoulders stiff-legged

## Muscles worked

- Primary: Front delts
- Secondary: Quads, glutes, adductors, lower back, traps, triceps and side delts

## Equipment

Barbell and squat rack.

## References

- [StrengthLog: Push Press](https://www.strengthlog.com/push-press/)
- [BarBend: How to Do the Push Press](https://barbend.com/push-press/)