Barbell Overhead Press

Set-up

• Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding the bar at your collarbones with hands just outside your shoulders.
• Brace your core and squeeze your glutes.

How to do it

1. Press the bar straight up, moving your head back slightly to let it pass.
2. Once the bar clears your head, bring your head forward so the bar finishes over your mid-foot.
3. Lower the bar under control to your collarbones.

Coaching cues

• Keep your ribs down and your body in a straight line.
• Elbows slightly in front of the bar at the start.

Common mistakes

• Leaning back to turn it into an incline press.
• Pressing the bar forward instead of up.