Seated Shoulder Press (Machine)
Sit in a machine and press the handles overhead along a fixed path. Also called Shoulder Press (Machine).
- Pattern
- Press overhead
- Equipment
- Machine
- Works
- Front delt, side delt, triceps
- Loads
- Shoulders, elbows
If something hurts
Not medical advice. Sharp pain, numbness or swelling needs someone qualified to look at it.
Each swap below spares one joint.
Shoulder Landmine PressTry it if it feels okay
Angled press, so the shoulder never goes overhead.
Elbow Front Raise (Dumbbell)
A raise's elbow stays fixed, so no elbow bend loads it.
When it stalls, these usually help
The top of a press is triceps work, and pushdowns train it directly.
Direct side-delt work, which pressing only partly covers.
A machine pull that holds the shoulder blades steady under the press.
How Swolver coaches it
This lift is read from your own sessions. When it goes flat for four weeks, Swolver names the likely cause in plain words, such as weekly sets that dropped, and the one change to make. The rules are all on the method page.