Technique
- Perform a Goblet squat, holding a weight at chest level.
- As you stand up, use the momentum to press the weight overhead.
- Lower the weight back to your chest and repeat.
Form tips
- Keep the weight close to your chest during the squat.
- Do not let your lower back arch when pressing overhead.
Logging: Total weight used.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Shoulders
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Pelvis
- Chest
- Neck
- Triceps
- Rotator cuff
- Forearms
Flexibility
Secondary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Legs
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Upper trapezius
- Levator scapulae
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Anterior deltoid
- Middle deltoid
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Supraspinatus
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Flexibility
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Regressions
Barbell overhead press
Beginner - Elite
Goblet squat
Novice
Double dumbbell overhead press
Novice
Dumbbell seated overhead press
Beginner
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