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Shoulder Exercises - Standing Barbell Overhead Press
Primary Muscles: Anterior Deltoid, Middle Deltoid
Secondary Muscles: Trapezius, Middle Rhomboids
  1. Stand with knees slightly bent, abs tight, buttocks out, and back flat. Grasp barbell with palms facing away from you.
  2. Press barbell overhead. Avoid locking elbows.
  3. Slowly Lower Weight to 90 degrees of elbow flexion.

Helpful Hints:
To make this exercise more stable for your back place one foot in front of the other about one and a half feet apart. Start with light weight and build up. This is a total body exercise that requires total body focus.

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