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Smith behind neck press
Shoulders · Smith machine
Target muscles
Delts
Also works
TricepsUpper back
How to do it
- 1Adjust the seat height of the smith machine so that the bar is at shoulder level.
- 2Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent.
- 3Grasp the bar with an overhand grip, slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- 4Lift the bar off the rack and step back, maintaining a stable stance.
- 5Lower the bar down to the back of your neck, keeping your elbows pointing forward.
- 6Press the bar up overhead until your arms are fully extended.
- 7Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower the bar back down to the starting position.
- 8Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits