
Neck Press
Lie back on a flat bench and hold the bar over your neck. Lower it until it touches the neck, then press it up using your chest.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Type
- Strength
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force direction
- Push
- Muscles
- 5
Form sequence
01 · start
Lie back on a flat bench. Using a medium-width grip (a grip that creates a 90-degree angle in the middle of the movement between the forearms and the upper arms), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over your neck with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.
02 · lower
As you breathe in, come down slowly until you feel the bar on your neck.
03 · press · Key step
After a second pause, bring the bar back to the starting position as you breathe out and push the bar using your chest muscles. Lock your arms and squeeze your chest in the contracted position, hold for a second and then start coming down slowly again. Tip: It should take at least twice as long to go down than to come up).
04 · repeat
Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
05 · finish
When you are done, place the bar back in the rack.
What's working
3D
- Pectoralis Major
Primary · 147 exercises
- Anterior Deltoid
Secondary · 338 exercises
- Lateral Deltoid
Secondary · 338 exercises
- Posterior Deltoid
Secondary · 338 exercises
- Triceps Brachii
Secondary · 221 exercises
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Equipment
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