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Exercise Details

Target Muscle Group

Shoulders

Equipment Required

Barbell

Experience Level

Advanced

Force Type

Push

Secondary Muscles

Triceps, Trapezius

Exercise Description

The military press behind neck exercise targets your rear deltoids and improves shoulder mobility. It builds strength in hard-to-reach shoulder muscles.

How To

1. Set up a barbell on a squat rack at shoulder height and grip it with hands wider than shoulder-width 2. Duck under the bar and position it across your upper traps, then step back from the rack 3. Press the military press behind neck straight up by driving the bar overhead behind your head 4. Lower the bar slowly back to the base of your neck while keeping your core tight 5. Repeat the military press behind neck movement for your desired reps, maintaining control throughout

Form Tips

• Keep your grip wide on the bar during the military press behind neck to reduce shoulder strain • Only lower the bar to the base of your neck, never below ear level • Warm up your shoulders thoroughly before attempting the military press behind neck • Keep your core engaged and maintain a slight forward lean throughout the movement

Common Mistakes

• Lowering the bar too far down the neck during the military press behind neck, which can injure your shoulders • Using too much weight before mastering the military press behind neck movement pattern • Pressing with internally rotated shoulders instead of keeping them externally rotated

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