Shoulder exercises

Cable Alternating Shoulder Press

Also known as: Développé épaules alterné à la poulie · Εναλλάξ πιέσεις ώμων στην τροχαλία · Alternating Cable Shoulder Press · alternating cable overhead press

Primary
Shoulders
Equipment
Cable
Level
Beginner
Type
Compound
Force
Push
Suggested rest
1.5 min

How to do the Cable Alternating Shoulder Press

  1. Move the cables to the bottom of the tower and select an appropriate weight.

  2. Grasp the cables and hold them at shoulder height, palms facing forward. This will be your starting position.

  3. Keeping your head and chest up, extend through the elbow to press one side directly over head.

  4. After pausing at the top, return to the starting position and repeat on the opposite side.

Sets and reps

GoalSetsRepsRest
Muscle growth3–48–121.5 min
Muscular endurance2–315–201 min

When you hit the top of the rep range on every set, add 2.5 kg (5 lb) next session and work back up.

Starting points from training research. Stop each set 1–3 reps short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary

Shoulders

Secondary

Triceps

Three heads, three jobs: the front delts press, the side delts raise your arms out and give width, the rear delts pull back. Train all three.

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