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Cable Shoulder Press

IntermediateStrengthTier T3

You stand between two cable towers holding one handle in each hand at shoulder height, palms facing forward. You press both handles straight overhead, then lower them back to your shoulders.

Targets: Shoulder
Muscles: Deltoids, Triceps

Stop if

Choose an easier exercise if pain reaches 6 out of 10 or becomes sharp. Stop and rest if pain reaches 8 out of 10.

This is the general ClapMove rule. This exercise has no extra stop rule of its own.

  • Pain 6 out of 10 or more: choose an easier exercise.
  • Pain 8 out of 10 or more: stop and rest.

Equipment needed

  • Works at the gym

machines

Gym

  • gym machine (No safe home substitute has been reviewed yet.)

Dosage

3

Sets

8

Reps / Time

60 sec

Rest

controlled

Tempo

Step-by-Step Guide

Set up

  • Move the cables to the bottom of the towers and select a weight. Keep the shoulder-height starting hold, then press overhead and pause at the lockout.
  1. A woman standing between two cable towers, holding a handle in each hand at shoulder height, palms facing forward.

    Step 1 of 3

    Stand directly between the two pulley towers and grasp the cables, holding a handle in each hand at shoulder height with your palms facing forward.

  2. The same woman, both arms now extended straight overhead holding a handle in each hand, both cables still taut.

    Step 2 of 3

    Keeping your head and chest up, extend through the elbows to press both handles directly overhead, then pause at the top.

  3. A woman standing between two cable towers, holding a handle in each hand at shoulder height, palms facing forward.

    Step 3 of 3

    Stand directly between the two pulley towers and grasp the cables, holding a handle in each hand at shoulder height with your palms facing forward.

Safety Information

Keep the head and chest up throughout the press, rather than letting the chin drop or the chest collapse forward as the handles rise overhead. If you have a shoulder impingement, rotator-cuff injury, recent shoulder surgery, or an unstable shoulder, ask a physical therapist or physician before attempting this exercise, because it loads the shoulder through a full overhead range against a cable's resistance. Stop and lower the handles back to the starting position with control immediately if you feel a pinch, sharp pain, or numbness in the shoulder, neck, or arm at any point in the press. Stop if the exercise causes pain or you become unwell. Seek appropriate professional advice about symptoms or suitability.

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